A young man sits down next to a young girl, who is holding a first aid kit. They are both wearing red vests. There are three people standing behind them in yellow shirts.
The programme aimed to decrease institutionalization of children in Central Asia through promoting alternative family and child-focused care arrangements.

Every Child Has a Right to Grow Up in a Family Environment: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Duration: August 2004– July 2007
Budget: US$2,160,000
Implementing Agencies: UNICEF

The programme addressed the growing challenges met by parents facing homelessness, unemployment, single parenthood, alcoholism, or drug addiction and their tendency to place their children in State-run institutions. It supported the establishment of family-centered child care and reintegrated at-risk children into full-time family care.

KEY MATERIALS
Programme Summary