Today they are trying to close the Rwanda Genocide orphanages. In 2012, the Rwandan government announced that by the end of 2014 all of the orphanages would be closed, so that every child has the right to grow up in a family. The closure deadline was extended to December 2014 and it has still yet to be made. Many of the children have found themselves placed with relatives who do not want them or cannot afford to look after them. There has been organizations that have offered families money to take the child back have been accused of not paying them. In 2009, the United Nations accepted the Guideline for the Alternative Care of Children which stated that every child has the right to grow up in a family. There was a large lobby movement, the
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Even though orphans live in foster homes that are wealthier than the rest of the population, orphans are less likely to go to school and have all the basic needs in life. Some children either lost their parents and live in another household with a relative or love in an orphanage. But other children are disabled or affected by HIV/AIDS and have problem with the justice system, are mistreated or victims of sexual abuse. The children that have HIV/AIDS and are disabled are not very well take care of, their family probably left them for that reason because they do not know how to take care of them. Some children lost their family members and live in a different household, an orphanage, in the streets or in a center. The children are both working and live in a poor household or are refugees. Each of the groups of children face many different challenges and have to find a way to survive. Being an orphan in Rwanda was tough they was not that many resources that they had. Many orphans had to sacrifice their education to take care of their families when they were sick and when they died they were placed in orphanages. Today, there are many organizations that donate their time to help the children in the orphanages to get an education and be able to live a good
Even though orphans live in foster homes that are wealthier than the rest of the population, orphans are less likely to go to school and have all the basic needs in life. Some children either lost their parents and live in another household with a relative or love in an orphanage. But other children are disabled or affected by HIV/AIDS and have problem with the justice system, are mistreated or victims of sexual abuse. The children that have HIV/AIDS and are disabled are not very well take care of, their family probably left them for that reason because they do not know how to take care of them. Some children lost their family members and live in a different household, an orphanage, in the streets or in a center. The children are both working and live in a poor household or are refugees. Each of the groups of children face many different challenges and have to find a way to survive. Being an orphan in Rwanda was tough they was not that many resources that they had. Many orphans had to sacrifice their education to take care of their families when they were sick and when they died they were placed in orphanages. Today, there are many organizations that donate their time to help the children in the orphanages to get an education and be able to live a good