How Family Reunification Works
This video from 1MillionHome shares the story of one children's home in Kenya, Agape, that transitioned from a "traditional orphanage" to a family reunification center.
Homecoming: Part One
This video from Homecoming tells the fictional story of Bernard, a boy separated from his family and placed in an institution, and explains some of the harms of institutionalization on children.
Short-term Missions and Volunteering: Safeguarding Orphans and Vulnerable Children
This guide was developed by Homecoming and has been written to help those in the Christian community who are thinking about whether they should volunteer in an orphanage (or residential care institution, children’s village, children’s home or centre).
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Kinnected Myanmar- Hani and Thari
This video shares the story of two siblings reintegrated from an orphanage in Myanmar through the ACCIR Kinnected Program.
What do foster families and social workers think about children’s contact with birth parents? A focus group analysis
This study analyzes the opinions of foster families and social workers regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits.
Organisational models of health services for children and adolescents in out‐of‐home care: health technology assessment
Decades of research confirm that children and adolescents in out‐of‐home care (foster family, residential care) have much greater healthcare needs than their peers. A systematic literature review was conducted to evaluate organizational healthcare models for this vulnerable group.
Deinstitutionalization of OVC In Ghana’s Central Region Factors That Impact Alternative Care In Bawjiase And Surroundings
Set in Central Region Ghana, using Country-Side Children’s Welfare Home (CCWH) as the main case study, this thesis investigates the underlying factors that are preventing families in the Bawjiase and surroundings from opening their homes and hearts to vulnerable children.
School satisfaction among youth in residential care: A multi-source analysis
The aim of this article is to analyse the evaluations made by the main stakeholders involved in the school situation of young people in residential care and propose an explanatory model of their level of school satisfaction (SS) based on variables related to the youngsters' subjective well-being.
Subject to Whim: The Treatment of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in the French Hautes-Alpes
This report is based on research in the French Department of Hautes-Alpes between January and July 2019 in which Human Rights Watch researchers interviewed fifty-nine boys, one girl, and one adult man who had recently turned 18, all of whom had migrated to France unaccompanied.
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Small Voices, Big Dreams 2019: Violence Against Children, as Explained by Children
This report presents the main conclusions from the 2019 Small Voices Big Dreams Technical Manual, which outlines in great detail the perceptions and opinions of children and adolescents from all over the world regarding the multiple dimensions of violence exercised against them.
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