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![Ethiopian Woman Smiling at Camera](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/info.tearfund.iehubfs20210727_Tearfund_Ethiopia_Nafkot%20Gebeyehu-05.jpg?width=2000&height=1333&name=info.tearfund.iehubfs20210727_Tearfund_Ethiopia_Nafkot%20Gebeyehu-05.jpg "Ethiopian Woman Smiling at Camera")

*Photo: Nigist from an Ethiopian Self Help Group. Credit: Tearfund Canada*

 

 

 

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![Transforming From an Orphanage to Reintegration](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/robert-collins-tvc5imO5pXk-unsplash.jpg)

*Stephen Jenkinson was the Country Director for three years for the Umbrella Foundation, an Irish organisation who support the closure of corrupt children’s homes, with the help of local authorities.. He has been on the Irish Board since 2012, with his main role being the support of the team in Nepal. After completing his Masters in Development Studies from Kimmage DSC, with a thesis exploring life skills education in institutional care in Nepal. He worked with GOAL in its post-earthquake response in Nepal and later its Syrian response. He currently lives with his family in Melbourne where he is working with young people living in out-of-home care.*

![Questions About Care Reform and Orphanages?](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/annie-spratt-edC4tXHw_-w-unsplash.jpg)

There are a number of questions to address when we open the conversation about Care Reform. Firstly, the terminology can be tricky in this area, so let’s start there, shall we?

![What is Care Reform?](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/Zimbabwe%20Grandmother%20with%20fostered%20teenagers%202014.png)

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<https://blog.tearfund.ie/transformingfromorphanage>

29/04/21 14:11

## [Transforming From an Orphanage to Reintegration](https://blog.tearfund.ie/transformingfromorphanage)

 By [Stephen Jenkinson](https://blog.tearfund.ie/author/stephen-jenkinson)

Stephen Jenkinson was the Country Director for three years for the Umbrella Foundation, an Irish organisation who support the closure of corrupt children’s homes, with the help of local authorities.. He has been on the Irish Board since 2012, with his main role being the support of the team in Nepal. After completing his Masters in Development Studies from Kimmage DSC, with a thesis exploring life skills education in institutional care in Nepal. He worked with GOAL in its post-earthquake response in Nepal and later its Syrian response. He currently lives with his family in Melbourne where he is working with young people living in out-of-home care.

[Read More](https://blog.tearfund.ie/transformingfromorphanage)

<https://blog.tearfund.ie/carereformquestions>

15/04/21 16:46

## [Questions About Care Reform and Orphanages?](https://blog.tearfund.ie/carereformquestions)

 By [Katie Lynch](https://blog.tearfund.ie/author/katie-lynch)

There are a number of questions to address when we open the conversation about Care Reform. Firstly, the terminology can be tricky in this area, so let’s start there, shall we?

[Read More](https://blog.tearfund.ie/carereformquestions)

<https://blog.tearfund.ie/whatiscarereform>

07/04/21 13:10

## [What is Care Reform?](https://blog.tearfund.ie/whatiscarereform)

 By [Martin Punaks](https://blog.tearfund.ie/author/martin-punaks)

[Read More](https://blog.tearfund.ie/whatiscarereform)

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