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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Better Care Network,

SAVE THE DATE!  19-20 August 2014, Nairobi, Kenya 

IATT CABA,

The IATT CABA has commissioned a piece of work that seeks to identify approaches, interventions and tools that have effectively supported linkages between the child protection and HIV sectors, with a focus on three countries – Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe – but featuring examples of promising practices or approaches from elsewhere.

Better Care Network,

This report from Better Care Network is a collection of care-relevant data and demographic information on Rwanda from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program.

Proscovia Nabunya, Fred M. Ssewamala, Vilma Ilic - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examines the impact of a family economic strengthening intervention on parenting stress among caregivers of AIDS-orphaned children in Uganda.

Plateau State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, USAID, UNICEF, Intrahealth - CapacityPlus, Maestral International,

The Federal Government in 2010 together with the Lagos State Government embarked on a pilot test to map and assess the existing components of Child Protection in Lagos and Child Frontiers was recruited to undertake the mapping and assessment.

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, USAID, UNICEF,

The main objective of the mapping and assessment is to identify the major gaps in the current child protection system in each state, which will provide the basis for specific suggestions on how to improve the existing child protection system at the state and LGA level. 

Center for Law and Justice (Zambia), Cornell Law School - Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, & Cornell Law School - International Human Rights Clinic,

This handbook offers a compendium of Zambian juvenile law, including the processing of juveniles in the criminal justice system.

Government of Liberia, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare - USAID, World Learning, Save the Children, Maestral International,

This “roadmap” document outlines  the recommended implementation strategies and activities for strengthening  family- and community-based alternative care in Liberia. It accompanies the Guidelines on Kinship Care, Foster Care and Supported Independent Living (the Guidelines) and the Capacity Building Plan to Implement the Guidelines (CBP).

The Lost Daughters - Aselefech Evans,

This piece, written by Aselefech Evans, a woman adopted from Ethiopia when she was five years old, addresses the issue of family preservation and international adoption.

Maestral International - USAID,

This Context Assessment, produced by Maestral International, aims to collect and review all relevant information to support the development of the Department of Social Welfare’s (DSW) institutional capacities to execute the new framework for alternative care in Liberia.