Remove poverty from the household,
don't remove children from the household.
Stephen Uscembe, Care Leaver and Coordinator of Transform African Alliance
don't remove children from the household.
Stephen Uscembe, Care Leaver and Coordinator of Transform African Alliance
Helping Children Worldwide is committed to the belief that every child deserves to grow up in a safe, loving family. As of July 2018, the residential program of the Child Reintegration Centre (formerly Child Rescue Centre) was officially ended and children in residential care were reintegrated with their families, following careful preparation for both caregivers and children.
Moving forward, the CRC's focus will continue to be the support and encouragement of extremely vulnerable families, as well as locating families for unsupervised children in Sierra Leone. The CRC is in the forefront of the international movement to move children out of institutional care, as UNICEF and other child-focused organizations across the globe recognize that caring families are far better at raising emotionally and mentally healthy children than institutions. Learn more about this process and the movement to end the institutionalization of children.
Moving forward, the CRC's focus will continue to be the support and encouragement of extremely vulnerable families, as well as locating families for unsupervised children in Sierra Leone. The CRC is in the forefront of the international movement to move children out of institutional care, as UNICEF and other child-focused organizations across the globe recognize that caring families are far better at raising emotionally and mentally healthy children than institutions. Learn more about this process and the movement to end the institutionalization of children.
