Greater Support for the DRC’s Social Service Workers Leads to Better Care for Children

Carol Bales — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:03:28 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition blog.

A young boy—we’ll call him Mani—was living on the streets of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He had no one to look after him, nowhere to go. He was just nine years old.

Mani’s situation is not unique. One quarter of all Congolese youth under age 18 are considered to be orphans and/or vulnerable children, according to the most recent Demographic and Health Survey. And nine out of ten don’t receive adequate financial, emotional, or other types of support.

Author's name:

Sarah Dwyer and Carol Bales

Publication Date:

June 2014

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Greater Support for the DRC’s Social Service Workers Leads to Better Care for Children