Studies have shown that orphanage care often exposes children to serious harm, neglect and abuse, can seriously impact a child’s physical and psychological development, and is often more expensive than family or community-based care: https://t.co/tB1BnQD9Hl #familiesnotorphanages
Funding for #orphanages is often harming the children it aims to help, and is often much more expensive than family or community-based care. So why is this still happening? #familiesnotorphanages
Follow this link from @ElevateChildren to know more: https://t.co/jxjroaRS3x
Donors and policymakers can do more to help vulnerable children by investing in family and community support programs rather than orphanages. #EndViolence#familiesnotorphanages https://t.co/xvegRjOgae
Research by @lumos estimates that the amount of support to Haitian orphanages exceeds $100 million annually. We can make better investments to help vulnerable children than funding orphanages.
#familiesnotorphanages https://t.co/QRCrjNwtyt
Research in Nepal shows that the cost of orphanages can be 11x the cost of social services provided to vulnerable families. #familiesnotorphanages#EndViolence https://t.co/tB1BnQD9Hl
Donors and policymakers can do more to help vulnerable children by investing in family and community support programs rather than orphanages. #EndViolence#familiesnotorphanages https://t.co/xvegRjOgae
Funding for orphanages is often harming the children it aims to help, and is often much more expensive than family or community-based care. #EndViolence#familiesnotorphanages https://t.co/tB1BnQD9Hl
Refugee girls gain from effort to teach life skills
The COMPASS program (Creating Opportunities through Mentoring, Parental Involvement, and Safe Spaces), developed by @theIRC, was implemented in refugee camps in Ethiopia, DRC, and Pakistan.
https://t.co/5FBQOqi4tl