ENSURING CHILDREN HAVE QUALITY CARE

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Created on Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:01

Over the years, Save the Children has found that the best possible way to protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence is to keep them with their families and to help caregivers take care of them. In many of the countries we work in, families are under high stress from a variety of reasons like poverty, disabilities, or illness, which often means children do not receive the love and care they deserve. Sometimes these vulnerable children are sent to orphanages or state institutions. In addition to these children being at risk of receiving inadequate care, there are 18.3 million orphans in the world, who are often living in dire situations without trained caregivers and no opportunity to grow up in a family setting.