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Research and reports

Project case studies

This series of case studies offers reflections on what ChildHope and partners have learned while working on particular projects. We explain what has been achieved and how, why progress was or was not made and for whom.

Post-conflict reconciliation — learning from girl-mothers in Makeni, Sierra Leone
This is based on interviews and focus group discussions held between ChildHope, staff within our partner organisation — Help a Needy Child International, 'girl-mothers', their parents, teachers and NGOs in Makeni, Sierra Leone during April 2006. HANC reconciled over 95% of these girls with their families within two years. How was this possible? Read more

Child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation - learning from girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
This is a brief report on action research carried out by a Dhaka-based NGO, Aparajeyo, between 2002-05. How did they re-integrate children into society, enable 42% to escape sex work completely, and pioneer innovative approaches to education? This note explains what they achieved and how. Read more

 

Reports

You can find out more about the work of our partner organisations here:
Mkombozi — Practice Handbook Education – 2007
Mkombozi research on  education — 2006
Mkombozi — Child Vulnerability — 2005
Mkombozi — Foster Care — 2005
Mkombozi — Training Material for Teaching Numeracy — 2004
CINDI — Nutrition Guidelines — 2004
CINDI — How AIDS Affects Me — Children Speak — 2001
JUCONI – What Works in Street Children Programming – 2001

 

There is Hope
Children Victims
of Sexual Abuse
and
Exploitation
- An Action Based Research
Read the report [PDF - 8mb]

 

State of the World’s Street Children: Violence
This report that ChildHope collaborated on was commissioned by the Consortium for Street Children and aims to promote a better understanding of the lives of street children and encourage policy-makers, activists, community leaders and service providers to take action to prevent violence against children living and working on the streets. Read the report [PDF - 1.6mb]

 

A Study of the Child Rights Climate within the UK’s Department forInternational Development
This report was commissioned by DFID, UNICEF, ChildHope and other NGOs to look into the 'child rights climate' within DFID. The main aims were to assess the perceptions and approaches towards child rights used by DFID and recommend ways in which it can better promote, protect and fulfil the rights of children. Read more [PDF 8.8mb]

 

Institutional Responses to Children in Conflict/Contact with the Law in Bangladesh
This document is a summary of compilation of the reports, documents and analysis of the two project teams – social services team and legal aid team on the CCL project work, during the past 2 years. The document reflects activities, analysis of work, success, limitations and recommendations to identify whether the project has been able to step ahead in order to create a ‘Model’ of best practice. Read more [PDF 500kb]