Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:04:44 +0000 By Linda Soko Tembo OVER 68 percent of the 6,413 children living in childcare facilities across Zambia have been abandoned by their biological parents, The Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare (MCDSS) has disclosed. Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare Emerine Kabanshi expressed disappointment with parents’ decisions to send their biological children for special care. Ms. Kabanshi wondered why parents would abandon their own children at an institution when the government had programmes to help support their livelihood. She was speaking during the launch of the “Alternative Care and Reintegration Guidelines and the Report on the Nationwide Assessment of Child Care Facilities” in Lusaka at the weekend. Ms. Kabanshi said that there was need to highlight the important roles that a family played with regard to the upbringing of children and eventually to national development. “The family is the first and most important social institution where shelter […]
68 PERCENT IN CHILD CARE FACILITIES DUMPED BY PARENTS-REPORT
