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Orphaned children
An orphan is a child whose parents are dead or have abandoned them permanently. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan
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Orphans and Ebola: Estimating the secondary impact of a public health crisis
The 2014 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa is the largest to date by far. Ebola Virus Disease causes disproportionate mortality among the working-age population, resulting in far more mortality for parents of young children than other health cri
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Children, Orphanages, and Families: A summary of research to help guide faith-based action
This resource aims to provide a concise overview of a range of studies and findings that can inform approaches to caring for children who, through orphan-hood, abandonment, or other causes, have been separated from parental care. Included are current glob
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Policy Brief: Protection and Care for Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Emergencies
Save the Children’s legal and policy framework for the protection of unaccompanied and separated children (UNSC) is based on international treaties, guidelines, and principles. From these documents, the following are of particular relevance to UNSC: The r
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The Palanhar Plus Approach: Strengthening a Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and other Vulnerable Children in Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Child Sensitive Social Protection (CSSP) is a Save the Children initiative aiming to reduce vulnerability and poverty of children by ensuring that social protection measures lead to meaningful investment in children. CSSP is a ‘social protection plus’ app
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The ZAPP-UZ Project- Psychosocial Support for Orphans and Children Exposed to HIV in Chitungwiza
The Save the Children Zimbabwe (SCZ) and Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project-University of Zimbabwe (ZAPP-UZ) partnership (2004-2014) was anchored on raising awareness on PMTCT, promoting and providing psychosocial support services and training for infected
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Implementation of the national strategy and action plan for the reform of the residential childcare system in Moldova 2007-2012: Evaluation report
In July 2007 the Government of Moldova approved a National Strategy and Action Plan to reform its residential childcare system. At the time, 12,000 children were thought to be living in large orphanages and boarding schools in Moldova. Previous studies ha
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Safeguarding children in emergencies: A pocket guide
Keeping Children Safe has developed the toolkit ‘Child safeguarding measures for use in Emergencies', a resource to help organisations to develop and implement child safeguarding measures during emergencies. To accompany the toolkit, Keeping Children Safe
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Intercountry Adoption- An African Perspective
Africa has become the new frontier for intercountry adoption. Between 2003 and 2010, the number of children adopted from Africa increased three-fold, yet Africa seems to be ill-equipped in law, policy and practice, to provide its children with enough safe
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The child status index usage assessment
The Child Status Index (CSI), created in 2008, is a tool used by community caregivers to capture children’s status across the six domains of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programs for children who are orphaned and made vulne
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The Essential Package: Holistically Addressing the Needs of Young Vulnerable Children and Their Caregivers Affected by HIV and AIDS
The Essential Package (EP) is a comprehensive set of tools and guides for program managers and service providers that enables programs to address the unique needs and competencies of young children, particularly those affected or infected by HIV/AIDS, in
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Family support services and alternative care in sub-Saharan Africa. Background paper
A background paper developed in preparation of a conference on Family Strengthening and Alternative Care in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa, held 10–11 May 2012 in Dakar, Senegal, organised by Member agencies of the United Nations and several non-governmen
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Save the Children Intercountry Adoption Policy Brief
Globally, tens of thousands of children are adopted from one country to another every year, with the vast majority of them being adopted from developing to developed countries. While the number of international adoptions in the last several years has decl