The resources on this page will help you understand the research behind the transformation from residential care to family care for orphaned and abandoned children. Please review and share these articles, videos and infographics that explain why children belong in families, not institutions.
If you have questions about the transition away from institutional care to family care, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Laura Horvath, HCW's Director of Program Development and Community Engagement at laurahorvath@helpingchildrenworldwide.org.
Click here to read about our recent policy conference Rising Tides, The Future of Global Missions, where we engaged with influential voices in child welfare, public health, and short term missions on the global movement for better care of vulnerable children.
If you have questions about the transition away from institutional care to family care, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Laura Horvath, HCW's Director of Program Development and Community Engagement at laurahorvath@helpingchildrenworldwide.org.
Click here to read about our recent policy conference Rising Tides, The Future of Global Missions, where we engaged with influential voices in child welfare, public health, and short term missions on the global movement for better care of vulnerable children.
Key Recommendations for the 2019 UNGA Resolutions on the Rights of the Child with a focus on children without parental care
Why we decided to transition from residential to family-based care (published in the Scottish Journal of Residential Care Vol. 18 No. 2)
Helping Children Worldwide joins the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance
Helping Children Worldwide is now a member of the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, and has signed on to support the Alliance's Call to Action for Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to Better Protect Children and Achieve the SDGs (see infographic below.) The Call to Action makes recommendations at the country and global level for governments to initiate, lead and engage in dialogue with partners for efforts to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an unprecedented opportunity to influence national and international development policy and programs, while highlighting the intersections between the work of the social service workforce and those working on health challenges, violence prevention and migration. This is a critical time to promote and build awareness of the valuable contributions made every day by the social service workforce toward achieving the SDGs, particularly related to ending violence against children, supporting children and families on the move and improving health and well-being.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an unprecedented opportunity to influence national and international development policy and programs, while highlighting the intersections between the work of the social service workforce and those working on health challenges, violence prevention and migration. This is a critical time to promote and build awareness of the valuable contributions made every day by the social service workforce toward achieving the SDGs, particularly related to ending violence against children, supporting children and families on the move and improving health and well-being.
Videos
Building adult capabilities to improve child outcomes: a theory of change |
"We all need families at the end of the day," Better Care Network |
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This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and families. It describes the need to focus on building the capabilities of caregivers and strengthening the communities that together form the environment of relationships essential to children's lifelong learning, health, and behavior.
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This video is presented by Better Care Network and UNICEF. It tells the story of Maureen, a young girl in Kenya who was separated from her family and sent to live in a children's home. The video highlights the efforts of care reform initiatives to deinstitutionalize children. As a result of such efforts, Maureen and her siblings are able to return to the home of their grandparents.
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Infographics
How strengthening social services will help achieve the sustainable development goals.
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Why funding orphanages harms the children it aims to help. |
Collaborative Efforts
Helping Children Worldwide is grateful for opportunities to collaborate with the following leaders of reintegration work:
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Helping Children Worldwide belongs to a coalition of 1MILLIONHOME regional ambassadors, including these organizations.
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