Halima Gikandi

Mar 6, 2024 | theworld.org | Halima Gikandi

This week, we are hearing a special report from The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi about the dark side of orphanages, or children's homes, in Uganda. Decades of research around the world has shown that orphanages can have negative effects on children's development, which is why the US largely phased them out. Still, Americans continue to send money to these homes around the world.

Mar 6, 2024 | theworld.org | Halima Gikandi

The World welcomes a new co-hostThe World, public radio’s longest-running daily global news program, announces that correspondent Carolyn Beeler becomes co-host of the program beginning Jan. 16. Beeler joins longtime host Marco Werman at the helm of the show. Editor's note: There are graphic details of sexual abuse in this story. This week, we are hearing a special report from The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi about the dark side of orphanages, or children's homes, in Uganda.

Mar 6, 2024 | theworld.org | Halima Gikandi

The World welcomes a new co-hostThe World, public radio’s longest-running daily global news program, announces that correspondent Carolyn Beeler becomes co-host of the program beginning Jan. 16. Beeler joins longtime host Marco Werman at the helm of the show. Around the world, millions of children are growing up in orphanages, or children's homes, as they are called in many places. But research has shown that the vast majority of them actually have families.

Mar 6, 2024 | theworld.org | Halima Gikandi

Editor’s note: The World’s Halima Gikandi spent a year investigating a number of Ugandan children’s homes and their impacts on kids. This story is part one of a four-part series. Listen to parts two, three and four, and the backstory. When a group of brightly dressed, smiling Ugandan children took to the stages of “Britain’s Got Talent” in April of 2023, their charismatic dance performance won them the coveted golden buzzer.

Mar 6, 2024 | theworld.org | Halima Gikandi

This week, The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi has been bringing us stories about the dark side of orphanages, or children's homes, in Uganda. Decades of research around the world has shown that orphanages can have negative effects on children's development, which is why the US largely phased them out. Still, Americans continue to send money to these homes around the world, which experts say has led to a proliferation of orphanages operating without approval.