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… and Vulnerable Children in a Children’s Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic Risk Factors of Orphan and Vulnerable Children in a Children’s Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lucia Munongi, Daphney Mawila 30 Dec 2022 … children in a children’s home in a township setting during COVID-19. Fifty-eight female Black African children ( n = 58 …
… Impact of COVID-19 on Privately Run Residential Care Institutions: … Implications for Advocacy and Awareness Raising Impact of COVID-19 on Privately Run Residential Care Institutions: … Law School 01 Apr 2021 This study explores the effect of COVID-19 on a small number of privately run and funded …
… ‘When will I be free’: Lessons of COVID-19 for Child Protection in South Africa ‘When will I be free’: Lessons of COVID-19 for Child Protection in South Africa Sadiyya … - Child Abuse & Neglect 04 Sep 2020 Abstract Background COVID-19 has highlighted and amplified structural …
… Residential care centers during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A survey of 13 countries – members of FICE-International Residential care centers during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A survey of 13 countries – members of … facilities and their staff members, may remember the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic as “their finest hour.” . The lockdowns …
… Disabilities Preventing Family Separation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda Reintegration from Residential Care to Kinship Care During COVID-19 Learn More: Regional Learning Platform on Care … Life for the family was especially difficult during the COVID lockdown when Attim was unable to leave home for work. …
… was underway for Juliet’s return to her family when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020. By March, Juliet had … manage their dynamic given the stressful circumstances of COVID-19 and the long period of separation, the caseworker … must be reunified to their families to curb the spread of COVID–19. Fortunately, Joshua felt prepared as his caseworker …
… (New York)/4:00 PM EAT (Kampala) as they revisit with a COVID-19 lens the existing and new challenges children in … (New York)/4:00 PM EAT (Kampala) as they revisit with a COVID-19 lens the existing and new challenges children in … Care … Child Abuse and Neglect … Webinars and Events on COVID-19 … COVID-19 … Africa … Eastern Africa … Uganda … …
Accurate data on the extent to which residential homes for children in Ghana are in compliance with national standards for quality of care and case management are lacking. To begin to address this gap, a census of residential homes and an enumeration of the child population were undertaken in 2019, followed by a survey on a representative sample of children living in such homes. Data were gathered on the types and characteristics of all 139 residential homes operating in the country at the time and the demographic profiles and well-being of children living in such facilities.
The purpose…
There is limited evidence on family reintegration for children who have been in residential care within the African context. The goal of this study is to find out what factors impact reintegrated institutionalized children’s desire to remain with their biological parents or extended family. The dataset included records for 659 interviewed children and their guardians. However, the analyses were limited to 408 cases with complete data on the dependent and independent variables.
Most of the children in the study (73%) preferred to remain with their relatives. The age of the child, length of…
… of Labour and Social Protection, in response to the COVID-19 emergency, directed the release of all children in … in residential care and beyond, and now with the onset of COVID-19 – increasingly necessitate the need for family-based … than 45,000 children. 25 These figures were prior to the COVID-19 global health pandemic, which, in Kenya, has …