A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another culture
Children in Pakistan face a variety of serious challenges ranging from malnutrition and poor access to education and health facilities to exploitation in the form of child labour (UNICEF, 2007). In particular, many children are at risk of being orphaned due to natural disasters or poor life expectan...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
CELCIS
2007-08-01
|
| Series: | Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832591388220325888 |
|---|---|
| author | Andrew Hosie |
| author_facet | Andrew Hosie |
| author_sort | Andrew Hosie |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Children in Pakistan face a variety of serious challenges ranging from malnutrition and poor access to education and health facilities to exploitation in the form of child labour (UNICEF, 2007). In particular, many children are at risk of being orphaned due to natural disasters or poor life expectancy. As such, residential care is a necessity in Pakistan. I was given the opportunity to visit to a residential setting in Pakistan run by SOS Children’s Villages, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) that has been active in the field of children's services since 1949 and provides services in over 130 countries. SOS Children's Villages focuses on family-based, long-term care of children who can no longer grow up with their biological families (SOS, 2007). In Pakistan, as in many developing countries, central government works in partnership with international NGOs to enable it to provide services such as residential care. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-9b96b06512474c5e8bc52f2bbf84350f |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2976-9353 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2007-08-01 |
| publisher | CELCIS |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care |
| spelling | doaj-art-9b96b06512474c5e8bc52f2bbf84350f2025-01-22T12:43:38ZengCELCISScottish Journal of Residential Child Care2976-93532007-08-016210.17868/strath.00086179A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another cultureAndrew HosieChildren in Pakistan face a variety of serious challenges ranging from malnutrition and poor access to education and health facilities to exploitation in the form of child labour (UNICEF, 2007). In particular, many children are at risk of being orphaned due to natural disasters or poor life expectancy. As such, residential care is a necessity in Pakistan. I was given the opportunity to visit to a residential setting in Pakistan run by SOS Children’s Villages, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) that has been active in the field of children's services since 1949 and provides services in over 130 countries. SOS Children's Villages focuses on family-based, long-term care of children who can no longer grow up with their biological families (SOS, 2007). In Pakistan, as in many developing countries, central government works in partnership with international NGOs to enable it to provide services such as residential care.scottish instituteresidential child caresos children's village |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Hosie A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another culture Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care scottish institute residential child care sos children's village |
| title | A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another culture |
| title_full | A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another culture |
| title_fullStr | A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another culture |
| title_full_unstemmed | A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another culture |
| title_short | A visit to Lahore: experiencing residential care in another culture |
| title_sort | visit to lahore experiencing residential care in another culture |
| topic | scottish institute residential child care sos children's village |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT andrewhosie avisittolahoreexperiencingresidentialcareinanotherculture AT andrewhosie visittolahoreexperiencingresidentialcareinanotherculture |