The practice of foster care in South Asia

The Foster Care Team at Udayan Care is conducting a research study to better understand the practice of foster care in South Asian Countries. Given the global shift from institutional care to family-based care for vulnerable children and the lack of tangible documentation of proper practices, processes and legislatures for foster family-care in the South Asian region, our team is motivated to address this issue of lack of reference material by providing an outline of various foster care models being implemented in the said region. The findings and analysis of this study would benefit childcare practitioners, policy makers, social researchers and general public. An electronic survey technique is used to gather information from various South Asian practice and advocacy organizations, government departments and researchers working in the field of childcare. We strongly believe, a holistic understanding of various facets of foster care would help promote a stable and more predictable family foster care ecosystem in South Asian countries.