find employment and imbibe inde-
rights and teach them to access help
development, as well as to their own
pendent living skills, so that they
when their rights are violated.
communities and families keeping
continue to live their lives on their
in mind their best interests, and with
own leading to and establishing
5.2.8. Make necessary efforts to
due solicitude for the child’s own
families of their own.
secure or to restore children who are
sense of security and belonging.
unaccompanied and who are in insti5.2.6. Address issues of children
tutions, a meaningful access to their
5.2.9. Provide care, support and
affected by life threatening and/or
own culture, religion and language,
services to the children in a spirit of
stigma attached diseases such as
so that they may know, understand
accompaniment, supportive supervi-
HIV/AIDS and make efforts to ensure
and value their own identity. Also
sion and in a friendly family-like atmo-
proper care such as treatment, health
make efforts to give such children
sphere offering a caring presence to
care, nutrition and education and to
the best opportunity to be restored
the child.
prevent discrimination.
to their own cultural setting and
5.2.7. Educate children about their 16
environment, to obtain for them a
5.2.10. In caring for children, give
better atmosphere for their integrated
them sufficient freedom, be reason-