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Centre of Excellence in Alternative Care, India,

In this media release, the new The Centre of Excellence in Alternative Care of Children in India announces its launch and its commitment to support and strengthen family-based care and protection for millions of children in India. 

Milan Dharel, Writu Bhatta Rai and Nanimaya Thapa – Free the Slaves,

This report examines the effects the 2015 Nepal earthquakes had on vulnerable populations.  It lists several concerns faced since the earthquake, which include the thousands of people who have lost their homes and children left unaccompanied. 

CPC Learning Network,

This document reports on Udayan Care's international seminar on ‘Improving Standards of Care for Alternative Child and Youth Care: Systems, Policies and Practices’ 

Udayan Care,

Realizing the importance and need to improve standards of care, service delivery and mental health of institutionalized children, adolescents and young adults, Udayan Care announces its second biennial international conference on the the

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

Geeta Pandey, BBC News,

Elisabet Purve-Jorendal was born in India and given away for adoption in 1973 when she was less than six months old. A Swedish couple adopted her when she was two-and-a-half years old. Forty-two years later, she tracked down her biological mother.

Elizabeth Donger and Jacqueline Bhabha - FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University,

This report provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of the Indian government’s efforts to rescue and reintegrate children trafficked for their labor.

New Internationalist Magazine,

This article describes how fraudsters in Nepal persuade vulnerable families to hand over their children to the "orphanage industry."

Overseas Development Institute,

This report and summary explores the current childcare policy failures across a range of case-study countries, including Viet Nam, Gaza, Mexico, India and Ethiopia, and highlights examples of progress in countries which are successfully responding to these challenges.

Manijeh Nourian PhD; Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi, PhD; Kian Nourozi Tabrizi, PhD; Maryam Rassouli, PhD; Akbar Biglarrian, PhD,

This article primarily discusses a study that was conducted to determine resilience and contributing factors in high-risk adolescents living in residential care facilities affiliated to Tehran Welfare Organization.