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Vulnerable children better off in family homes than orphanages

A happy family on the beach during the summer holidays. [Getty Images]

On June 16, we marked the Day of the African Child. All children deserve to grow up in family homes rather than in residential care centres – sometimes referred to as 'orphanages'.

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