Community based alternative care as a strategy for protecting Burundian refugee girls and boys: A case study from Mahama camp, Rwanda

Alexandra Shaphren - Plan International

This case study describes the community-based child protection programme implemented between 2015 and 2016 with Burundian girls, boys and adults in Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda.

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Minimum Standards: Placement in Foster Care in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jasmina Selimović - Save the Children UK

This document contains the minimum standards for placing children in foster care in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Minimum Standards includes service specifications, instruments for monitoring compliance with standards, and guidelines for use of the minimum standards for day centers for children with developmental disabilities. 

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Shifting perceptions: Participatory research with unaccompanied asylum seeking young people living in foster care in the United Kingdom.

Rogers, J. - European Conference for Social Work Research

This paper presents the process and the outcomes of a participatory action research project with a group of unaccompanied asylum seeking young people living in foster care. 

A child is a child: Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation

UNICEF

Among the millions of children on the move worldwide, many – including hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied children and adolescents – undertake dangerous journeys. This report shows how the lack of safe and legal pathways for refugee and migrant children feeds a booming market for human smuggling and puts them at risk of violence, abuse and exploitation. Building on recent UNICEF policy proposals, it sets out ways that governments can better protect these vulnerable children.

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