HIV/AIDS and the Socio-emotional Development of Children in Southern Africa

George Chitiyo & Morgan Chitiyo

The purpose of this chapter [from the book Assisting Young Children Caught in Disasters] is to highlight the impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on young children, particularly those aged eight and below, and identify interventions that have been shown to be efficacious in terms of the socio-emotional welfare of children.

The Verbatim Formula

Dr Sylvan Baker, Dr Maggie Inchley and Dr Sadhvi Dar - Queen Mary University of London’s Drama Department

The Verbatim Formula is an applied performance research project which is currently working with looked after children and young people. 

A Practice Handbook: For family tracing and reunification in emergencies

Save the Children International

This handbook consolidates learning garnered from Save the Children's experience of setting up, managing and investing in the Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) programme in South Sudan in order to contribute to the strengthening of Save the Children’s approach to FTR in sudden onset of emergencies where Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) programmes need to respond to large scale family separations. 

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Preventing Unnecessary Loss of Parental or Family Care in Brazil, Guyana, India, South Africa, and Russia

Joanna Rogers - Family for Every Child

This report presents the findings from a study that aimed to explore the application in practice of the ‘necessity principle’ from the Guidelines on Alternative Care for Children (UN, 2009) by using three quantitative and three qualitative indicators that provide information about whether children and families have received support to the fullest extent possible before a child ends up outside of parental care arrangements in formal or informal care, or living alone. 

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Better Governance to Fight Displacement by Gang Violence in the Central American Triangle

Ruth Elizabeth Prado Pérez - Migraciones Internacionales

This essay examines the extreme violence and organized crime in the Central American Northern Triangle (CANT) region that is causing many young people, families, and individuals to flee and become displaced, as well as the widespread forcible gang recruitment in the region.

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