PUBLICATIONS

From Faith to Action
In July 2006, Firelight published its first major advocacy document aimed at promoting family- and community-based responses among the growing numbers of US faith-based organizations interested in addressing the crisis of vulnerable children in Africa.

The key message of From Faith to Action is that investing in community-based approaches allows children to be provided and cared for within families--where they grow best--and reduces the number of children who are left without care or are placed in institutions. While recognizing that institutional care is sometimes needed as a temporary response for children who have no other means of support, the report illustrates the ways in which a growing number of institutions are adapting their programs to become more family- and community-based.

The report was written and published by Firelight Foundation, with financial support from UNICEF, American Jewish World Service, the Bernard van Leer Foundation, and Save Africa's Children/Pan African Children's Fund. Due to its successful distribution and continuing demand, From Faith to Action was updated and reprinted in Fall 2008, with additional endorsers including: Better Care Network, Global Action for Children, Africa Faith and Justice Network, and the Presbyterian Church of the USA.

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The Promise of a Future
Strengthening Family and Community Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

In August 2005, Firelight initiated an advocacy tool that will help inform the public about the importance of investing in community-based responses that strengthen the safety net of family care.

The Promise of a Future: Strengthening Family and Community Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub–Saharan Africa is a joint advocacy tool, published and distributed in collaboration with American Jewish World Service, the Bernard van Leer Foundation, and the Pan African Children’s Fund as well as other foundations engaged in grassroots grantmaking.

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