the country. The magnitude of the problem was becoming too big where the government agencies, NGOs, Family Welfare organizations and others took the responsibility of sensitization of Community Based Child care rather than expanding institutional care. This programme has led to deinstitutionalization of centres because children are now settled as they are supported within their family based premises (Chernet, 2001). There is a need for Tanzania to learn from successful countries in reunification programmes. This study advocates for a non-institutional approach of child care rather than rehabilitation centres. This trend would be beneficial for both parents and children to have opportunity of growing in a family unity. The same projects and efforts used to provide services for street and other vulnerable children in rehabilitation centres can be shifted into community development programs addressing the root causes of poverty among poor families and taking serious actions against child abuse and neglect. Policy makers, community leaders and service providers must work to secure a social protection system with a wide variety of options for supporting street and other children who have experience multiple abuses and created a variety of coping strategies. Services should be personalized, offer protection from violence, counseling to address past violence and strategies to protect themselves from street life. Some key measures are suggested below.
the country. The magnitude of the problem was becoming too big where the government agencies, NGOs, Family Welfare organizations and others took the responsibility of sensitization of Community Based Child care rather than expanding institutional care. This programme has led to deinstitutionalization of centres because children are now settled as they are supported within their family based premises (Chernet, 2001). There is a need for Tanzania to learn from successful countries in reunification programmes. This study advocates for a non-institutional approach of child care rather than rehabilitation centres. This trend would be beneficial for both parents and children to have opportunity of growing in a family unity. The same projects and efforts used to provide services for street and other vulnerable children in rehabilitation centres can be shifted into community development programs addressing the root causes of poverty among poor families and taking serious actions against child abuse and neglect. Policy makers, community leaders and service providers must work to secure a social protection system with a wide variety of options for supporting street and other children who have experience multiple abuses and created a variety of coping strategies. Services should be personalized, offer protection from violence, counseling to address past violence and strategies to protect themselves from street life. Some key measures are suggested below.
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