Young people leaving institutional care are often labelled “orphans” as children, and “care leavers” as young adults and have been widely neglected in Kenya in policies, and, consequently, excluded from support. As children, they face a multiplicity of vu

Young care-leavers who have lived for a long period of time within institutional care settings apart from their birth families represent a target group of persons at great risk of poverty and social exclusion. This report is the result of a workshop held