The workshop's objectives were to:

• Share knowledge, information and experience relating to alternative forms of care for children without family care (orphans and other vulnerable children in each country who are living in institutional care, on the street, child headed households etc.) with a major focus on how to strengthen and greatly increase better care for such children in Africa;
  
• Identify issues of common concern relating to alternative care, and discuss possible solutions;
  
• Enable delegates to incorporate this information into country-level action; 
  
• Consider possible next steps.