Des la mi-février 2014, la République de Guinée a fait face à une maladie mortelle à virus Ebola. Les premiers cas ont été reportés à Guéckédou. Pour mieux organiser les services de protection destinés aux enfants non-accompagnés/séparés, un centre de transit a ete aménagé  à Guéckédou. Cependant face au nombre de cas ENAS qui est resté assez limité, la stratégie pour les ENAS a évolué vers le réseau de famille d’accueil.

This study on legal guardianship and adoption practices in Uganda was designed to explore and get insight into current care practices.

As part of the work of the BCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Initiative, the National Commission for Children in partnership with BCN, and Save the Children convened a national consultative workshop in Kigali, Rwanda on 26 and 27 November 2014. This report presents a summary of the main priority outcomes which were identified by participants during the meeting, including: evidence building and sharing, strengthening advocacy, and strengthening capacity.

This BBC article highlights the situation of children born if incest in Kenya.

In this article, journalist E.J. Graff, uncovers some of the corruption, fraud, and deception common within the “mini-industry” of U.S. adoptions from Ethiopia, and how that “industry” has come to see better regulation through diplomacy and a new federal law.

Collected viewpoints on international volunteering in residential care centres Country focus: Ghana is a documented that was developed by the Better Care Better Volunteering Intiative

This Excutive Summary is developed by the Better Volunteering Better Care

A reporter from the New York Times traveled to Liberia to collect the stories of Liberians affected by Ebola.

In light of the world’s largest Ebola epidemic, the Faith to Action Initiative has released an article on its website advising its partners on how to respond to this epidemic and its effects on children’s care.

As part of its Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Initiative, BCN, along with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) and the National Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) – an interagency platform of national child protection stakeholders - convened a national consultative workshop on 11 and 12 November 2014. This report from the workshop presents the priorities for action identified by the workshop participants, including: strengthening capacity for family strengthening and alternative care, evidence building and sharing, and strengthening advocacy.