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Private fostering |
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 Fostering is wide spread throughout Africa
In the northern region of Ghana almost every family has foster children, mostly girls.
Traditionally fathers sent their first girl child to live with a sister in order to strengthen family ties and to maintain the extended family.
But harsh economic conditions over the last two decades have meant that fostered girls are sometimes used as a source of child labour and facing increasing neglect and abuse.
Jenni hears about efforts to raise awareness of the problem in Ghana, and with the introduction of tighter regulation over here, we’ll be asking how you combine the advantages of the African fostering tradition with the need to safeguard vulnerable children like Victoria Climbie.
CAMFED International
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