Stigma, poverty leave ‘cursed’ disabled children neglected in Kenya’s orphanages
Thomson Reuters Foundation At a dilapidated orphanage on the outskirts of eastern Nairobi, children with twisted limbs and clawed hands are slumped in wheelchairs, lie foetal-like on mattresses on the floor, or sit in chairs rocking back and forth repeatedly. The children – ranging from 3 to 19 years old – are devoid of attention […]
Guatemala’s orphanage children caged, abused – report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Children living in orphanages in Guatemala suffer physical abuse, with some locked in cages, researchers said on Monday in a report calling for improving ways of keeping children with their families. “Serious and pervasive abuses” were found in 13 private and government-run orphanages across the country visited by the Disability Rights International, […]