By Tatenda Chambwe.
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) – This article is about vulnerable children living in family institutional care systems(orphanages). Child activists say such institutional care is associated with negative consequences for children development.
Hope and dreams for children a charity organisation working internationally to close orphanages said institutional care is damaging children who grew up in orphanages are likely to have criminal records than those who grew up in families.
While many countries including African countries are through the transition of closing orphanages and place children in family care. Zimbabwe has not fully adopted the transition, although the government is encouraging people to adopt and foster children from orphanages. Not much is done because the closure of the orphanages will result in job losses. Not many people the process of adoption and foster care because of cultural beliefs and not many people are willing to take these children.
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