Children living outside of family care
This section looks at situations where children and young people are living outside the care of their extended family. Most children orphaned by HIV/AIDS live with their extended family. In this situation, care is provided by a relative of one type or another.
However, some children and young people live outside the care of their extended family. These include:
- Children and young people living on commercial farms and at other workplaces.
- Children and young people living in prisons and detention centres.
- Children and young people living on the street.
- Children and young people living in situations of conflict.
In addition, in some situations, responsibility for the care of children is taken on by the state. They may then be provided with alternative forms of care.
This section looks at situations where children and young people are living outside the care of their extended family. Most children orphaned by HIV/AIDS live with their extended family. In this situation, care is provided by a relative of one type or another.
However, some children and young people live outside the care of their extended family. These include:
- Children and young people living on commercial farms and at other workplaces.
- Children and young people living in prisons and detention centres.
- Children and young people living on the street.
- Children and young people living in situations of conflict.
In addition, in some situations, responsibility for the care of children is taken on by the state. They may then be provided with alternative forms of care.
Resources
Family reunification, alternative care and community reintegration of separated children in post-conflict Rwanda (Eng)
This paper provides strategies for reintegrating institutionalized children back into the community in a post-conflict environment. It contains a brief description of IRC Rwanda’s Reunification and Reintegration Program for Unaccompanied Children.
International Rescue Committee, 2003, PDF, 52 pages, 2390 kb
Community Based Care for Separated Children (Eng)
In this report, the shortcomings of residential care are discussed in relation to community based care approaches. It identifies a series of critical issues for those who wish to promote and protect the best interest of the separated child.
David Tolfree, Save the Children, Sweden. 2003, PDF, 131kb, 16 pages
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Child trafficking resource library (Eng)
A library of resources on child trafficking
Terre des hommes in Nepal
Meeting on African Children Without Family Care; Windhoek, Namibia; 30 November 2002 (Eng)
At this meeting participants shared knowledge, information, concerns, experience, and possible solutions relating to alternative forms of care for children without family care in Africa.
UNICEF, USAID, FHI, 2002, PDF, 15 pages, 145 kb.
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