The Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) project invites qualified organizations to submit proposals for an independent performance evaluation of a child care reform project that will be implemented in Uganda by a consortium of non-governmental organizations led by ChildFund International. One Fixed Price Contract is anticipated to be awarded under this Request for Proposals (RFP).

This article details the introduction of a livelihood project for unaccompanied children in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, which aimed at strengthening the household economy of foster families and improving the care of fostered children. 

Family distraught at losing contact with son, now living 8,000 miles away in US after adopters told he was abandoned

This article discusses the complex consequences Ebola-orphaned children face, particularly the stigma they experience. It describes the challenges social workers face to reunite children with their families

This report was written by Keetie Roelen and Helen Karki Chettri from the Centre for Social Protection (CSP) at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), with inputs and support from Family for Every Child and Challenging Heights, Ghana. The report investigates the links between child wellbeing, children’s care, family cohesion and the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP), a national social protection scheme in Ghana which aims to reduce extreme poverty in the country and is centred on providing cash transfers to the most vulnerable.

This report from Retrak provides information on how to best count and develop estimates of the number of street-connected children in a particular area.

In this paper, Retrak outlines its approach to conducting outreach work with children living and working on the streets.

The initial goal of the development of these guidelines was to seek to regulate Guardianship and Foster Care of children in Kenya.

Au moins 3 700 enfants de Guinée, du Libéria et de la Sierra Leone ont perdu un ou leurs deux parents à cause du virus Ebola depuis le début de l'épidémie en Afrique de l'Ouest, selon les estimations préliminaires de l'UNICEF, et nombre d’entre eux sont rejetés par les membres de leur famille qui ont survécu, par crainte de l'infection.

This article by the BBC highlights the impact of this epidemic on children, including the death of parents and primary caregivers and the struggle to find alternative caregivers in a context of extreme fear of contamination.