This page contains documents and other resources related to children's care in Africa. Browse resources by region, country, or category. Resources related particularly to North Africa can also be found on the Middle East and North Africa page.
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A publication on the global emergency of the AIDS pandemic and the crisis it creates among the children left behind. In an effort to protect vulnerable children, examples of country responses from Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe are highlighted. Includes recommendations for strategic action.
A technical report on the use of cash and in-kind transfers as a means of alleviating poverty in developing countries. A discussion of both advantages and disadvantages of cash transfers with recommendations for a pilot program for Malawi.
A summary of Ugandan child care and protection policies that have sought to de-institutionalize care, provide family tracing and re-unification, and improve community care.
This document is a guideline to facilitate good policy and practice within both institutional care and community-based care settings for children in Ethiopia. It addresses the physical environment, staffing, gatekeeping, child services, reunification, adoption and general administration.
This chapter provides an overview of a child care institution, the Osu Children’s Home, in Ghana.
The chapters featured in this report offer a prognosis on the future of street children and offers recommendations to government and non-governmental bodies on how to help these children.
The sections featured in this report provide case studies of 25 street girls and discussion and conclusions based on these case studies.
The aim of this guide is to draw together SCF’s recent experience of family tracing.
This webinar featured presentations and discussions from practitioners who have experience of working on alternative care (short term and long term) and prioritising family-based care in emergency settings that could be helpful for practitioners in India as they plan a response for children who have lost parents to COVID-19.
This study offers ideas that would guarantee the safety of children within the informal foster care net in Nigeria. The authors investigated informal foster care practice in two local government areas of Anambra State, Nigeria using Key Informant Interviews (KIIs).
