cent by 2005 and to 18 per cent in 2007.
Despite the success in improving standards, and increasing the physical space available for children at Maygoma,
a continued increase in admissions placed the institution under considerable strain. By the end of
2003, annual admissions were standing at more than 650 children, compared to just over 560 the year before.
During 2003 it became apparent that a concerted effort to find alternative family care for children resident
in Maygoma was critical.
The design of acceptable alternative family care programmes
The first steps towards an alternative family care programme were taken in 2002, when the Khartoum State
Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF organized a series of workshops which included opening Maygoma
to public scrutiny through the media. During 2003, Hopes and Homes for Children and UNICEF led a visit
by the Alternative Family Care Task Force to Romania, to see how deinstitutionalisation had been developed
there. In June 2003, following that visit, the Task Force agreed to establish a deinstitutionalisation
programme for Maygoma orphanage, which would see the eventual closure of the institution by the end of
2005, with children placed in family care programmes in the community,
The programme focused on three alternative options for children placed in Maygoma. Firstly, efforts would
cent by 2005 and to 18 per cent in 2007.Despite the success in improving standards, and increasing the physical space available for children at Maygoma,a continued increase in admissions placed the institution under considerable strain. By the end of2003, annual admissions were standing at more than 650 children, compared to just over 560 the year before.During 2003 it became apparent that a concerted effort to find alternative family care for children residentin Maygoma was critical.The design of acceptable alternative family care programmesThe first steps towards an alternative family care programme were taken in 2002, when the Khartoum StateMinistry of Social Affairs and UNICEF organized a series of workshops which included opening Maygomato public scrutiny through the media. During 2003, Hopes and Homes for Children and UNICEF led a visitby the Alternative Family Care Task Force to Romania, to see how deinstitutionalisation had been developedthere. In June 2003, following that visit, the Task Force agreed to establish a deinstitutionalisationprogramme for Maygoma orphanage, which would see the eventual closure of the institution by the end of2005, with children placed in family care programmes in the community,The programme focused on three alternative options for children placed in Maygoma. Firstly, efforts would
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