Since joining the European Union in 2007, Bulgaria has sought to make changes in its child welfare system for children raised in care institutions around the country. According to UNICEF, in 2021 there were 10,000 children living in alternative care in Bulgaria - most of them were ethnic Roma or children with disabilities. This is the story of how Bulgaria Without Orphans has played a role in Bulgaria's care reform.
At the occasion of the 2024 UN Summit of the Future, Hope and Homes for Children organised the first in a series of policy dialogues on 16 September 2024 highlighting the important links between the Sustainable Development Goals and global child care reform.
Case studies from the Global South provide insights on how to effectively support children who have experienced violence.
Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, presented her report "Children with albinism and the right to family life" during the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on 21 October, 2024.
“When we approach the family holistically and we use case management tools in matching challenges and problems of the family with the available tools then this will benefit the child,” Roman Zhukovskyi, World Bank Social Protection Specialist, shares learnings regarding the importance of social protection to enable care reform and the role of case management in ensuring effective social protection.
"We cannot do this work alone. The church in the United States of America has led the charge globally to provide solutions to children that no one was willing to care for," says Philip Aspegren, the co-executive director of Casa Viva.
The Transitioning Residential Care Working Group, part of the Transforming Children’s Care Collaborative, launched the Divesting of Residential Care Guidelines and the Transition Monitoring Tool for practitioners, advocates, organizations, and donors supporting and promoting residential
The Transitioning Residential Care Working Group, part of the Transforming Children’s Care Collaborative, launched the Divesting of Residential Care Guidelines and the Transition Monitoring Tool for practitioners, advocates, organizations, and donors supporting and promoting residential
The India Alternative Care Network hosted this webinar on kinship care in Africa on October 1, 2024.
In this interview, BCN’s Senior Technical Advisor, Rebecca Nhep, speaks with Laura Horvath, from Helping Children Worldwide, about the impact of child sponsorship programs on the transition of residential care services and post transition family strengthening programs.