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Day of the African Child: A Call to Leave no Children in Orphanages Behind in Kenya
By Child in Family Focus, a TAA member from Kenya “After my dad passed away my mum could not look after me with the little resources she has; hence I was taken to an institution. Many times I felt stigmatized, I felt isolated from the outside world.” [...]
Day of the African Child: A Call to Leave no Children in Orphanages Behind in Tanzania
-By Community for Children Rights, a TAA member from Tanzania ‘Leave no child behind for Africa’s development’ is the theme guiding the commemoration of the Day of the African Child in 2018. This is a call to Member States to ensure that no child is left behind in the drive towards [...]
Day of the African Child: A Call to Leave no Children in Orphanages Behind
Joy was placed in an orphanage when her mother died in child birth. She is now reunited with her brothers and sisters and Aunty. In 2016 we formed Transform Alliance Africa. Organisations across Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana came together and committed to achieving a [...]
Young people’s message to the Nations of the Commonwealth
This April, two representatives of Transform Alliance Africa travelled to London, UK to take part in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) -Commonwealth Youth Forum. Invited to London to represent the views of young people who had grown up in orphanages, we asked Stephen Ucembe of Kenya and Ntombi [...]
Transform Alliance Africa Launches a Publication on Ending Institutional Care in Africa
“Love. One-on-one care and attention. A sense of belonging and identity. Safe spaces to play and learn. Trusting relationships. Being part of a community. These are things that all children need to grow up happy, healthy and strong - and that only a family can provide,” is the opening [...]
Transform Alliance Celebrates One Year
It’s been a year since we formed Transform Alliance Africa. We are committed to realising our vision of an Africa, free of orphanages, where all children belong and grow up in safe and loving families. We met in Kigali for our annual get-together and share our achievements. It’s amazing what [...]
Proudly Introducing Transform Alliance Africa (TAA)
In November 2016, 33 child protection actors representing 11 organizations from Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda met in Kampala, Uganda. It is within this vibrant forward looking meeting that the idea of a regional alliance was birthed. After intensive and exciting discussions the alliance was christened [...]