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Improving Child Wellbeing and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Social Protection

This article presents findings from cross-country qualitative research regarding the impact of social protection on loss of parental care, support to foster or kinship care and quality of care and wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Cash for Care: Making Social Protection Work for Children’s Care and Well-being

Published by: Family for Every Child

The aim of this research is to start to fill knowledge gaps on the linkages between social protection and children's care through primary qualitative research on government implemented social protection programmes in three Sub-Saharan African countries: Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa.

Researching the Linkages Between Social Protection and Children’s Care in South Africa

Published by: Family for Every Child

This research investigates the impact of the Child Support and Foster Child grants in South Africa on children's care. It examines the effect of these grants on the quality of children's care and on decisions about who will provide care to children. It also explores implementation issues regarding both grants and proposes options for making support more effective and efficient.

Little Cash to Large Households: Cash Transfers and Children’s Care in Disadvantaged Families in Ghana

Published by: Wiley

This article considers the impact of a social cash transfer targeted at poor households – Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme – on child well-being, quality of care and preventing children's separation from their parents.

Researching the Linkages between Social Protection and Children’s Care in Ghana

Published by: Family for Every Child

This report investigates the links between child wellbeing, children's care, family cohesion and the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP). The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP), a national social protection scheme, aims to reduce extreme poverty in the country and is centred on providing cash transfers to the most vulnerable.

Researching the Linkages Between Social Protection and Children’s Care in Rwanda

Published by: Family for Every Child

This research investigates the links between the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP), child well-being, children's care and family reunification.

Researching the Links Between Social Protection and Children’s Care in Sub-Saharan Africa – A Concept Note

Published by: IDS

This research aims to help fill this gap by exploring the links between children’s care and social protection through an examination of these issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).