Africa

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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ChildFund,

This final report on the “Deinstitutionalization of Vulnerable Children in Uganda” (DOVCU) project identifies its successes as well as some shortcomings and key learning that is directly relevant to other projects working to support family care for children.  

Hikaru Kusakabe - Osaka Human Sciences,

The purpose of this study was to investigate how orphans in secondary schools, especially those in the low-income class in society, manage to continue their education.

Glynis Clacherty,

This case study tells the story of a child protection programme developed by a community-based organisation called Children of the World that works in villages in northern Uganda.

M Magampa, T Sodi and K Sobane - Human Sciences Research Council,

This policy brief draws from the findings of a study which investigated the academic performance of orphaned learners aged between eight and ten years from ten public primary schools in Mankweng Circuit of Limpopo Province, South Africa.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,

This article from the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, shares the stories of unaccompanied minor refugees in Uganda and the hardships they have faced.

Cyprian Misinde - Child Indicators Research,

In this study Child Living Conditions which take on many dimensions are computed using the intrinsic value approach. The authors tested the hypothesis that the average living conditions of orphans were less than the average living conditions of non-orphans in Uganda in 2011.

Kari Vik (KV), Vickfarajaeli Zebedayo Daudi (VZD), Lusajo Joel Kajula (LJK), Rolf Rohde (RR), Omary Said Ubuguyu (OSU), Joseph Ndukusi Saibulu (JNS) - Infancy and Caring,

This paper aims at describing how caregivers at an institution for motherless infants in rural Tanzania perceive infancy, caring and sensitivity in their everyday context.

Ernest Darkwah, Marguerite Daniel, Joana Salifu Yendork - BMC International Health and Human Rights,

This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children’s Homes in Ghana.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Specialist in South Sudan.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Ethiopia.