by Martin James Foundation | Mar 10, 2023 | Martin James Foundation
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting some of the remarkable women working in family-based alternative care for children that we are privileged to know, partner with, and learn from worldwide. Leena Prasad, a lawyer and a single mother of...
by Martin James Foundation | Feb 8, 2023 | Martin James Foundation
Reflections from Udayan Care for Children’s Mental Health Week Decades of research have shown the detrimental effects institutional care can have on a child’s development and mental health. We know children’s needs are best met in safe and loving...
by Martin James Foundation | Oct 26, 2022 | Martin James Foundation
Over the last year, our partner in India, Udayan Care, has welcomed five care leavers to their team as trainees, interns, and social workers. They have prioritised this to ensure their work, programmes, and support for young people and families are informed, guided,...
by Kara Cousins-Kamari | Oct 10, 2022 | Martin James Foundation
Decades of research demonstrate how growing up in an orphanage can have harmful impacts on children and young people’s development and mental health. We’re grateful to work alongside partners who prioritise mental health as they deliver family-based...