From Faith to Action: Strengthening Family and Community Care Options for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kerry Olson, Zanele Sibanda Knight, and Geoff Foster | 2006 | 4.6 MB
A tool to encourage donors to fund community programs that keep children in family care, rather than simply funding orphanages. Describes the many strategies being used to invest in community-based care, and contains specific program examples. View document

What Are We Learning about Child Protection in the Community?
Mike Wessells | Friday, January 15, 2010
An interagency review of the available global evidence on community-based child protection mechanisms, their effectiveness, cost, scalability, sustainability and impact on children’s protection and wellbeing View document

Planning for De-institutionalization and Re-ordering of Child Care Services
Vesna Bosnjak | Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Guidance for practitioners involved in child care reform, including direction on planning for de-institutionalization in parallel with community based services View document

Because We Care: Programming Guidance for Children Deprived of Parental Care
Elizabeth Oswald | Monday, November 30, 2009
Provides recommendations for World Vision and partner agencies on general alternative care principles and analysis of alternative care models. View document

Toolkit for Positive Change: Providing Family-Focused, Results-Driven and Cost-Effective Programming for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Save the Children Federation | 2009 | 1.64MB
Documents the strategies of The Positive Change: Children, Communities and Care (PC3) Program - a five-year (2004-2009) integrated and comprehensive program designed to provide care and support to more than half a million orphaned and vulnerable children and their families throughout the country of Ethiopia. View document

Community Care or the Institution?
Daphetone Siame | 2007 | 38 KB
Brief article observing the proliferation of orphanages in Zambia. Points to several models of community-based care as alternatives better able to address the rights and needs of children. View document

A Matter of Belonging
Christopher Bold, Mary Henderson, and Rachel Baggaley | 2006 | 1.97 MB
A guide for faith-based organizations working in developing countries on issues related to orphans and vulnerable children. Contains examples of successful community-based and family support care programs throughout the world that are run by faith-based groups. Discourages the use of institutional care and orphanages. View document

Study of the Responses by Faith-based Organizations to Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Geoff Foster | 2006 | 355 KB
A preliminary study that looks at the response of faith-based organizations in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and Uganda. The report contains statistical information, and details positive care practices to build on, and negative examples to avoid. View document

Guide to Mobilising and Strengthening Community-Led Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
World Vision HIV/AIDS Hope Initiative | 2005 | 5.46 MB
Comprehensive toolkit and resource pack for mobilising community-led OVC care. Includes detailed resources for training home visitors. View document