Category: Keeping parents and children alive

Retrak Outreach Work Oct2014.pdfENUMERATING STREET CHILDREN This paper outlines principals of outreach work with street or homeless children. These principals include: Following a rights based aproach; Understanding each child and his/her situation; building relationships;…

Child protection systems: Mapping and assessing child protection systems in eastern and southern Africa.PDF This assessment, commissioned by UNICEF East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), examines the situational context with…

Children and AIDS: Fifth stocktaking report, 2010.pdf For nearly three decades, HIV and AIDS have been devastating individuals and families with the tragedy of untimely death and medical, financial and…

Children and AIDS: Fourth stocktaking report, 2009.pdf Years ago, when the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic on children was just becoming apparent, there was no way to imagine an…

Children at the centre: A guide to supporting community groups caring for vulnerable children.pdf There are a rapidly growing number of vulnerable children across Africa facing multiple violations of their…

Community responses for children affected by AIDS: Challenges for the future! RIATT-ESA satellite – ICASA 2011.pps The RIATT-ESA held a very successful satellite session at ICASA 2011. Focusing on Strengthening…

Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, Article 12 – the provision that children have a right to express their views and…

HIVandResCare_FinalWeb.pdf In many countries, significant numbers of children are temporarily or permanently cared for in residential care. Evidence suggests that the phenomenon of residential care has been growing in recent…

The Southern African AIDS Trust (SAT) has launched a new resource on the requirements for Psychosocial Support for Children and Adolescents. Organisations need to support caregivers, families and communities to create…