Kinship care in Sub-Saharan Africa: An asset worth supporting

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Overview

This paper argues that kinship care – the care of children by relatives or friends of the family – represents the greatest resource available for meeting the needs of girls and boys who are orphaned or otherwise live apart from their parents. Using evidence from an in-depth literature review and six country case studies carried out by Family for Every Child members in Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Zimbabwe, it shows that kinship care is widely used, culturally acceptable, and can support the most vulnerable children in ordinary and crisis periods.

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kinship SSA
Members involved

Challenging Heights, Children Assistance Program, CINDI, FOST, FSCE, Undugu Society, Uyisenga Ni Imanzi

Date published

2020

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