ISS is an international NGO that assists children and families confronted with complex social problems as a result of migration, and promotes child protection and welfare. Part of their mission is to promote the respect of the fundamental right of each child to grow up in a proper family through advocacy and research.  

The International Movement ATD Fourth World is an NGO that engages with individuals and institutions to find solutions to eradicate extreme poverty, and includes a focus on strengthening families.   

The International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO) is an international network dedicated solely to the promotion and support of family based foster care across the world. They are a volunteer and member based organisation providing a multi-cultural platform for young people, foster carers, social workers, academics, researchers, volunteers, media, policy makers and others to network and share information on a global basis. IFCO fully supports recent UN legislation stating that all children have the right to a family and their role is to enable the exchange of information through our…

IFSW is an international, non-governmental organisation of national associations of social workers striving for social justice, human rights and social development through the promotion of social work, best practice models and the facilitation of international cooperation.   

Save the Children is an international NGO that support’s children’s rights around the world, and focuses on protecting children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. Save the Children works through a global Child Protection Initiative (CPI) to support children without adequate care by promoting deinstitutionalisation, strengthening families and working towards family/community based care solutions.  Learn more about Save the Children…

Hope and Homes is a UK-based organization that works across Europe and Africa to support deinstitutionalisation and strengthen family-based care for children. Hope and Homes for Children is working alongside governments and civil society organisations in over 30 countries to dismantle orphanage-based care systems.  To contact, please fill out the contact form available here.  

Lumos works to support children in institutions worldwide to regain their right to a family life and to end the institutionalisation of children. Lumos works in partnership with governments, professionals and carers, communities, families and children, to transform outdated systems that drive families apart.  Together with partners Lumos replaces institutions with community based services that provide children with access to health, education and social care tailored to their individual needs.  This supports families to provide the loving care their children need to…

FOST was born in 1997 as a response to the increase in orphaned children on  farms in Zimbabwe largely due to the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS. It is a registered Private Voluntary Organization (PVO), which solicits and facilitates support for orphans and vulnerable children in farm communities in Zimbabwe. The FOST programme was originally focused in farm worker communities in the commercial farming sector, gradually adapting to the changes in the agriculture architecture to include support for vulnerable children in the whole range of farming communities with a bias to those…

Abide Family Center is located in Jinja, Uganda. Abide Family Center's goal is to reduce the number of children living in orphanages in Uganda. The organization offers direct services to families at risk.

The goal of the CINDI Network is to create strategic opportunities for networking, collaboration, research, and advocacy; mobilize resources and provide access to information; and build capacity of members to advance the rights of vulnerable children and their families. CINDI is a member of Family for Every Child.