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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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Review of Save the Children's New Beginnings for Children Affected by Conflict and Violence. Program in Sri Lanka
"Save the Childrens New Beginnings for Children Affected by Conflict and Violence Program in Sri Lanka", is a review of the findings of a Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) project that was carried out from March 12 to 24, 2006 in Sri Lanka. The p
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An exploratory study of quality of life and coping strategies of orphans living in child-headed households in the high HIV/AIDS prevalent city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
A distressing consequence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and of the increasing numbers of orphans and decreasing numbers of caregivers is the emergence in ever larger numbers of child-headed households (CHHs). The complexity of issues affecting CHHs and the lac
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We don't do childhood poverty- we do large roads! The EU, the Millennium Development Goals and Children
This report assesses EUs contribution to the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) from the children´ s perspective. Based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Save the Children: Provides a child focused and child rights-based review of th
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Building Resilience. A rights-based approach to children and HIV/AIDS in Africa
HIV/AIDS has impacted more severely on Sub-Saharan Africa than any other region in the world. 25 million people are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS and the problems facing children and their families living in communities affected by HIV/AIDS are man
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Home Truths: Children's Rights in Institutional Care in Sri Lanka. Advocacy Document
This study maps institutions in four provinces in Sri Lanka and studies the legal and policy frameworks governing the institutionalisation of children. It identifies and analyses causal factors for institutionalisation, examines quality of care within ins
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Family Matters: A study of institutional childcare in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
An overview of the use of institutional care in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, with recommendations for preventative services and family based care alternative. This document- primarily aimed at child welfare policy makers and res
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Alternative Care for Children in Southern Africa: Progress, challenges and future directions
This report, prepared for UNICEF East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) assesses the capacity in Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia to manage alternative care systems for children.
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The Lives of Children Heading Families
Developed while researching child-headed households in five Ethiopian towns and their rural surroundings, this book presents the experiences and stories of individual child household heads. The stories are a sample of experiences of millions of children l
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UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child
The principle of the best interests of the child has been the subject of extensive consideration in academic, operational and other circles. Legal documents relating to the protection of children, including those adopted by UNHCR’s Executive Committee on
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Bottlenecks and drip-feeds- Channelling resources to communities responding to orphans and vulnerable children in southern Africa
One of the biggest challenges in southern Africa is how to support the huge and growing numbers of orphans and vulnerable children within their communities. Based on recent research by Save the Children UK, this report identifies a number of 'bottlenecks'
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A strange illness- issues and research by children affected by HIV/AIDS in central China
"A Strange Illness" is a report of issues and concerns raised by orphans and children affected by HIV/AIDS in an area of central China with a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic. This project was undertaken as a preliminary study for a longer programme of child-focu
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Report of Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN) to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2 nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, presented by Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN),covering the period January 1998 to October 2002. The Report involves researc