Care Reform
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Global Campaign on Children’s Care Reform
2025–2027Maestral International with the Better Care Network serves as technical advisor to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…
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National Study on Cost Analysis of Institutional Care for Children and Family Based Care in India
2023–2025Together with the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) and Cornerstone, Maestral completed the second and third…
Care ReformSocial PolicySouth AsiaIndia -
Study on alternatives to detention for children in Tunisia
2022–2024Maestral completed a comprehensive study on alternatives to detention for children in conflict with the law in Tunisia….
Care ReformMiddle East and North AfricaTunisia -
Guatemala Country Care Profile and Snapshot
2021–2022The Maestral team documented efforts to support care reform in Guatemala through the development of a comprehensive Country…
Care ReformLatin America and the CaribbeanGuatemala -
Member of the Lancet Commission on the Institutionalisation and Deinstitutionalisation of Children
2019–2020Maestral President, Philip Goldman, is a Member of the Lancet Commission on the Institutionalisation and Deinstitutionalisation of Children….
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Supporting care reform activities in Kenya and the region
2019–2022The Government of Kenya and child protection and care actors within civil society are currently engaged in care…
Care ReformEastern and Southern AfricaKenya -
CP & Alt Care Consultancy
2019Maestral provided technical support to CRS’ Social services Unit in the development and roll-out of the “Reintegration Roadmap”…
Care ReformLatin America and the CaribbeanHaiti -
Support the Strengthening of the Foster Care System in Turkey
2019–2020The Maestral team worked with the Ministry of Family, Labour, and Social Services (MFLSS) to strengthen the foster…
Care ReformEastern Europe and Central AsiaTürkiye -
Morocco Capitalisation Project Pilotes Familles D’Accueil
2018–2019Maestral International supported the FAPE Association to consolidate its expertise in foster care and auto-evaluate the foster care…
Care ReformMiddle East and North AfricaMorocco -
Kafala Study in Morocco
2017This study was undertaken as part of the project “Himaya”. The main objective of the study was to…
Care ReformMiddle East and North AfricaMorocco -
Mapping of the Family Strengthening and Children’s Alternative Care Landscape in Zambia
2016–2018Maestral conducted a mapping of the family strengthening and children’s alternative care landscape in Zambia. The project included…
Care ReformEastern and Southern AfricaZambia -
Facilitation of VAC & Care Mtgs – Africa
2016–2017Maestral consultants provided technical planning, facilitation, and consultation on the Africa expert eliminating violence against children in all…
Care ReformChild & Adolescent WellbeingEastern and Southern AfricaKenya -
Advocacy Piece on Inclusion of Children Without Parental Care in SDGs implementation as group at risk of being left behind
2016Maestral supported SOS to develop an advocacy piece to inform governments and other partners of the situation of…
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Hope & Homes for Children Evaluation
2016Maestral provided strategic information on the results and performance of Hope and Homes for Children’s work, including on…
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Support for the Next Phase of the Better Volunteering, Better Care Initiative
2016Maestral, in coordination with the BVBC co-chairs and global working group members, supported the development of a comprehensive…
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Funding Stream Analysis
2016–2018In 2015, Elevate Children Funders Group (ECFG) Care Working Group (WG) members pooled funds to support research and…
Care ReformSocial PolicyEastern and Southern AfricaSouth AsiaNepalUganda -
Performance Evaluation of the Child Care Reform Project in Uganda
2015–2019Maestral, together with Oxford Policy Management, supported JSI and APC to conduct an independent performance evaluation of a…
Care ReformEastern and Southern AfricaUganda -
Consultancy for the Development of Transition Toolkit
2015A Maestral Senior Associate developed content for a toolkit that will serve as a resource for faith-based organizations…
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“In Our Lifetime” report on donor funding and institutionalization of children
2014Maestral carried out the research and writing of the report, “In our Lifetime, a report on donor funding…
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Performance Evaluation of two Family-based Care Programs
2014–2015Maestral conducted the evaluation of two projects in Moldova (Children in Moldova are Cared for in Safe and…
Care ReformEastern Europe and Central AsiaBurundiRepublic of Moldova -
Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children)
2014–2019Maestral International was a member of a consortium led by CRS for the Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children…
Care ReformChild & Adolescent WellbeingEast Asia and Pacific IslandsEastern and Southern AfricaWestern and Central AfricaBotswanaCambodiaDemocratic Republic of the CongoEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaLesothoMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaRwandaUgandaZimbabwe -
Understanding & Improving Informal Alternative Care Mechanisms
2013Maestral supported Save the Children’s research initiative for their 2010-2015 priority area of children without appropriate care (CwAC)…
Care ReformEastern and Southern AfricaWestern and Central AfricaSenegalUganda -
BCN Care Reform Case Studies
2013The Maestral team documented significant child care reform work being done at country-level in four African countries on…
Care ReformEastern and Southern AfricaWestern and Central AfricaEthiopiaGhanaLiberiaRwanda -
Review of Child Care Services in Baku
2013–2014Maestral supported the functional review of the activities undertaken within the framework of the pilot program to implement…
Care ReformEastern Europe and Central AsiaAzerbaijan -
Technical Assistance for the Development of Alternative Care System for Children without Appropriate Care (CWAC) in Liberia
2013–2014Maestral clarified the Department of Social Welfare’s legally-mandated roles and responsibilities regarding the identification, placement and care of…
Care ReformWestern and Central AfricaLiberia -
Impact Evaluation of the National Plan of Action for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children
2012–2013Maestral assessed how the implementation of the Malawi National Plan of Action has led to positive outcomes for…
Care ReformChild & Adolescent WellbeingEastern and Southern AfricaMalawi -
Rwanda De-institutionalization and Child Protection Program
2012–2013Maestral supported the Government of Rwanda and other in-country stakeholders to develop a program to strengthen its child…
Care ReformEastern and Southern AfricaRwanda -
HIV-Affected Children and Residential Care
2012–2013The phenomenon of residential care has been growing in recent years, and HIV is one of the factors…
Care ReformChild & Adolescent WellbeingEast Asia and Pacific IslandsEastern and Southern AfricaKenyaMalawiThailandUganda -
Rapid Assessment: Give a Child a Family Margate, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
2011Give a Child a Family (GCF) provides family support and alternative care to vulnerable and orphaned children in…
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The Partnership for Children: A Donors’ Collaborative
2010In 2010, Maestral (in cooperation with the Fund for Social Change) worked with the Oak Foundation to assist…
Care ReformChild & Adolescent WellbeingGlobalGlobal Projects