{"id":665,"date":"2024-02-28T18:54:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafrica.org\/home\/?page_id=665"},"modified":"2021-05-17T06:19:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T05:19:03","slug":"what-we-do-care-reform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oafrica.org\/home\/what-we-do-care-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Do &#8211; Care Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"665\" class=\"elementor elementor-665\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61017356 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"61017356\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b5b680e\" data-id=\"3b5b680e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a062dad elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a062dad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f0f90bc\" data-id=\"4f0f90bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abd3345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1421 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abd3345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What We Do<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-901fd4b elementor-align-right donate-btn elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-tablet__width-auto elementor-widget-mobile__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1303 elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"901fd4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafrica.org\/home\/donate\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DONATE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d98c6c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d98c6c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ab8c593\" data-id=\"5ab8c593\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ee0c0fb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ee0c0fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a561f7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45e8a5c9\" data-id=\"45e8a5c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce5473 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fce5473\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong>\u00a0Care Reform Initiative (CRI)<\/strong>\u00a0launched in 2006 as a joint venture between the Department of Social Welfare (DSW), OAfrica, UNICEF and other child protection agencies in Ghana. It involves the provision of various forms of support by OAfrica to enhance the capacity of the DSW to encourage family-based care. The initiative seeks to reduce over-reliance on care systems for the 4,500 vulnerable children who are currently living in institutions and move towards a range of integrated family- and community-based childcare services. The goal is a more consistent and stable approach to caring for vulnerable children in Ghana so that each child will be assured of a permanent home in a supportive and loving family. The main components of care reform in Ghana seek to prevent the disintegration of families through linkages with strategies that strengthen families, such as the social grant program \u2013 Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) \u2013 scholarships, food packages, access to national health insurance and other support programs.<\/p><p>In line with the Care Reform Initiative, OAfrica\u2019s mission advocates for reintegration of children with their own families, whether with their biological parents or with extended family (kinship care), or to place children in foster care when they truly do not have family members who can approprirately care for them. OAfrica is proud to have been one of the main actors behind the adoption of National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (NPA) in 2010 and was the only NGO mentioned as an implementer in the actions matrix of the original plan.<\/p><p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafrica.org\/home\/what-we-do-care-reform-actions\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0for a full list of our actions in care reform.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1381023 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1381023\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0da6f7\" data-id=\"b0da6f7\" 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