Resources & Videos
USEFUL DOCUMENTS:
ACCI KINNECTED DOCUMENTS:
Orphanage VOLUNTEERING AND Trafficking:
Due Diligence and Assessment Tools:
RETHINK ORPHANAGES RESOURCES:
External Conduct Standards Guidance Documents
OTHER KEY RESOURCES:
Moving Forward: Implementing the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (CELCIS)
10 Steps Forward to Deinstitutionalisation (Terre des hommes)
Child Protection & Juvenile Justice System (CHILDLINE India Foundation)
De-institutionalising and Transforming Children’s Services (Daphne Programme)
Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Children (USAID / Save the Children/ AED)
Institutions vs. Foster Homes (Jordan Institute for Families)
Keeping Children out of Harmful Institutions (Save the Children)
National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, South Africa (Save the Children)
Stockholm Declaration on Children and Residential Care (2003)
A Study of Attitudes Towards Residential Care (MoSVY, Cambodia)
The Risk of Harm to Young Children in Institutional Care (Save the Children)
RESOURCE CENTRES:
Below are some really informative websites and online resource centres. Here you will find lots of great resources including articles and research papers, toolkits, and examples of effective programs.
COUNTRY OR REGION SPECIFIC WEBSITES
Whilst you will be able to find a lot of country specific information on the resource centre's sites, the following links are region or country specific. Here you might find regional initiatives, alternative care frameworks and policies for particular nations as well as information about organisations that have a strong presence in those regions.
KINNECTED VIDEOS:
Rebecca Nhep, Joint CEO and Head of International Programs, ACC International. Global Forum For World Without Orphans 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand. http://wwoforum.org/ http://worldwithoutorphans.org/
This clip provides an overview of ACCI's new initiative, Kinnected: Keeping Children in Families.
See the incredible results foster care can bring to children who have been institutionalised. Community based care for children is supported by Kinnected, ACCI's initiative to help keep children in families.
To learn more visit www.childreninfamilies.org
exploring ethical short-term missions and orphanages
Story of two siblings reintegrated from an orphanage in Myanmar through the ACCIR Kinnected Program
A special documentary episode of To the Contrary explores the trend away from orphanages and towards family reunification. Host Bonnie Erbé travels to Ethiopia to explore why parents give up their children. She reports on the research showing how orphanages jeopardize children's psychological and mental well-being.
This piece follows the story of a young boy called Lakshan, who through a very traumatic event lost his father at a young age. Through the Home of Hope, run by ACCI field worker Alison Atkinson, Lakshan is being supported to return to school, and most importantly to return to living with his mother and sister, supported in their community.
Alison has been based in Sri Lanka for many years, and together with her husband Narel and daughter Sonja, is impacting a great number of families throughout Colombo.
Being placed in an orphanage leads to institutionalisation for many children around the world, and can have very negative effects on the development of children. Watch this interview with Ou, as she shares her experience growing up in Cambodia.