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RE: A Call for Help | Destiny Starting Point Homes

in #teammalaysia7 years ago

I'd like to see some more information about these homes. I have concerns about child welfare institutions, especially when there are children under three years of age.

The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (A/RES/64/142 ) states

  1. In accordance with the predominant opinion of experts, alternative care for young children, especially those under the age of 3 years, should be provided in family-based settings. Exceptions to this principle may be warranted in order to prevent the separation of siblings and in cases where the placement is of an emergency nature or is for a predetermined and very limited duration, with planned family reintegration or other appropriate long-term care solution as its outcome.

  2. While recognizing that residential care facilities and family-based care complement each other in meeting the needs of children, where large residential care facilities (institutions) remain, alternatives should be developed in the context of an overall deinstitutionalization strategy, with precise goals and objectives, which will allow for their progressive elimination. To this end, States should establish care standards to ensure the quality and conditions that are conducive to the child’s development, such as individualized and small-group care, and should evaluate existing facilities against these standards. Decisions regarding the establishment of, or permission to establish, new residential care facilities, whether public or private, should take full account of this deinstitutionalization objective and strategy.

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Hi @penston , thank you for your concerns. I can provide you the contact of the caretaker and also the contact of the reporter who highlighted these homes to us. Could you provide me details of your contact for me to get in touch with you directly . You can find me on both steemit.chat and also on discord.