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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This report presents research on the impact of two cash transfer programs for vulnerable children in South Africa on children’s care.
This article reports on the findings of a study of foreign children, including from Burundi, accommodated in the care system in the Western Cape, based on fieldwork conducted in child and youth care centres (CYCCs).
Over a week ago, an unaccompanied eight year-old boy was placed on a plane to Paris from Comoros, an island nation off the coast of southeastern Africa, and was detained at the airport in Paris for more than a week when officials discovered he had false travel documents, according to this article from the Guardian.
This study examined (1) how perceived social support (PSS) varied across orphan‐related characteristics (e.g., orphan status, such as single, maternal or paternal, and their living environments, such as in child‐headed households, on the street, in an orphanage or in a foster home) and (2) the relative importance of sources of PSS (relatives/community/adults and peers) and functional social support (emotional/informational/instrumental and social) and its association with emotional well‐being and mental distress.
The East African Community Secretariat in collaboration with Regional International Interagency Task Team on Children and AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa (RIATT-ESA) is seeking the services of a consultant to develop a Minimum Package of Services for Vulnerable Children and Youth (VCY) in the EAC Region.
This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Sierra Leone extracted from the 2013 DHS survey.
This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Ghana, extracted from the 2014 DHS survey.
Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. The primary role of the Technical Advisor (TA) II for Vulnerable Children and Social Service Systems Strengthe
Zanzibar’s Department of Social Welfare has announced a series of policies that it will implement in order to enhance the protection of children in alternative care in Zanzibar, particularly for residential care facilities.
