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This summary report presents the findings of a study comparing practices within residential children's homes in the Thai province of Chiang Mai with the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. During the study, it was found that the practices of registered private children's homes both corresponded to and contradicted the United Nations' Guidelines for Alternative Care. The guidelines were launched in 2009, however the children's homes in this study still lack understanding of its content. The practices which follow the guidelines, such as encouraging children to visit home…
This summary report presents key findings and recommendations from an analysis of unregistered, private children's homes in Thailand's Sangkhlaburi District.
INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE
In response to the Cambodia Study on Violence against Children of 2013, the Cambodian Ministry of Cults and Religion and The Supreme Patriarch Council, and in cooperation with UNICEF, are committed to promote the role of pagodas and monks in effective prevention and response to violence against children and unnecessary family separation. They are taking actions to improve the safety of children both within the pagoda compounds and in the communities. These actions include:
1) Building the capacity of monks to prevent and respond to violence against…
Incidence of Pediatric Urinary Stones in Orphanage Children in Pekanbaru, Riau Province of Indonesia
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Urinary stones are seldom in children. Currently the incidence of urinary stones in children increases three time folds in the last third decade and occurs in the first decade of life.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to identify the incidence of pediatric urinary tones in orphanage children.
Materials and Methods: We examined urinary stones by using ultrasound in orphanage children of two orphanages in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Indonesia. Univariate test was used for statistical analysis. Approval on the study was obtained from the Ethical Review Board for…
In October 2017, a Care for Children team visited Phnom Penh, Cambodia, following an invitation from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY). The purpose of the visit was to understand the current child welfare system in Cambodia, in particular the role and function of the Government residential care institutions (RCIs), in order to help determine pathways forward for government-led foster care development. The following report provides a summary of the research methodology, details of meetings and data collection, findings and recommendations for moving…
Shaping the national social protection strategy in Cambodia: Global influence and national ownership
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In the wake of the global economic crisis in 2008, the Cambodian government responded actively to the impact of the crisis by initiating various policy measures for social protection. Most importantly, it launched a National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) in 2011 with a major focus on social assistance targeted at the poor, children and the disabled. How did this social protection policy come about? Was it driven by international influence or is it an outcome of national policy ownership? In order to answer these questions, this article analyses the interactions among global…
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Propelled by a commitment to the rights of children, Cambodia is moving forward with family-based alternative care initiatives that build on existing efforts to strengthen the child protection system. This short human rights in action article takes a critical approach to the translation of policy to practice and highlights risks involved with haste, outcomes measured in numbers and unrealistic timeframes, and rapidly transforming practice with nascent investment in a country’s capacity to assess and respond to the real needs of children and families within their communities. The…
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Children living in residential care have a degree of separation from their parents and other family members. Based on attachment theory, this study was conducted to analyze the contact between these children and their biological parents, and the factors affecting this contact. The sample included 382 children (orphans, abandoned or helpless children, children whose parents are deprived of custody or are unable to raise a child) living in residential centers located in North, Central and South of Vietnam. Data were obtained by semi-structured interviews. The results showed that, on…
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Orphan studies are scarce internationally and locally. However, the implications of these orphans are tantamount to the society's effort to advancement. One of the problems that the Philippines need to address is its status on the abandoned, neglected and orphaned children. The country has an abandoned children problem (Kaiman & De Leon, 2016). About 1.8 million children in the Philippines are under the status of abandoned or neglected. This phenomenological study focused on the experiences, aspirations, and fears of orphaned children living in and outside the orphanage. The…
UNICEF Cambodia’s Child Protection Programme 2016-2018 aimed to achieve the outcome that “by 2018, girls and boys vulnerable to and exposed to violence and those separated from their family, or at risk of separation, are increasingly protected by the institutional and legislative frameworks, quality services, and a supportive community environment.” The Programme has taken a system-strengthening approach at the levels of national and sub-national institutions; service providers; and children, families and communities.
Further, the objective of the evaluation was to provide evidence that…