The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosted its 5th Annual Social Service Workforce Symposium on Wednesday, May 8, 2018, from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 ET at the FHI 360 Conference Center in Washington, DC.

This video from Mtoto News features interviews with several experts in the field of children's care and protection who discuss the importance of deinstitutionalization, particularly in the Eastern and Southern Africa context, and efforts being made to reduce or end the institutionalization of children.

This video features interviews and presentations from a seminar that took place in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2018 which brought together orphanage directors to discuss the importance of children growing up in safe and loving families and the need to transition models of care.

This webinar reviewed the findings from the 2017 State of the Social Service Workforce Report and made recommendations for strengthening the workforce to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

SOS Children’s Villages and Deutsche Post DHL are organizing an event hosted by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN entitled “DECENT EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK: MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS TO LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.”

This video from the Global Journalist takes a "a look at the debate around institutional child care in developing countries and what might be perpetuating the problem of overseas orphanage scams."

This video from Catholic Relief Services provides an overview of the Mothers and Babies Course.

This webinar from Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) was recorded on 14 March 2018. It explored the implications of recent research on women's and children’s experiences of family violence and inter-parental conflict.

The 3rd BICON, organized by Udayan Care with support from Amity University and in partnership with UNICEF, is for everyone involved in the care of OHC children and youth in South Asia. It will bring together national and international experts, individuals and organisations working on child protection and alternative care and civil society representatives from SA countries. 

These principles have been developed and approved by the Christian Alliance for Orphans in an effort to empower every church, organization, and volunteer participating in short-term missions to be more thoughtful and effective, particularly in respect to vulnerable children.