parents to play integral role in the learning process of their children, and to continue and strengthen its action with a view of ensuring children of working parents are provided with basic services. Family reunification and children deprived of the family environment 29.The Committee, from reports, noted that 36% of children in Namibia are not living with their parents. The Committee, therefore, recommends the State Party to put all effort to ensure family reunification through a system of tracing, legal assistance, travel arrangements, and financial support. To address the need of children whose family cannot be traced, the Committee recommends the State Party to increase its social workers work pool, to build the capacity of existing social workers, to strengthen already existing and to establish new public alternative care facilities, to effectively supervise and monitor alternative care institutions, and to collaborate with CSOs for mobilization of resources. To this effect, the Committee calls upon the State Party to consult the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. Adoption 30.The Committee notes with regret the loophole that is created following the decision of the High Court in 2004 in the Detmold Case which led inter-country adoption to be made without the involvement of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare. The Committee also regrets that the process to address the loophole is still ongoing. Henceforth, the Committee recommends the Government of Namibia to promptly take actions to fill the gap. To this end, the Committee recommends the State Party to consult the Guidelines for Action on Inter-country Adoption in Africa in measures It adopts and to expedite the process of ratifying the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. F. Health and Welfare Children with disabilities 31. The Committee appreciates the State Party for adopting the National Disability Act, National Policy for Mental Health, and the Policy for Orthopedic Technical Services to cater for the needs of children with disability. Further, the Committee applauds the State Party for establishing a National Disability Council, a Disability Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister, and for providing disability grants for children with disabilities. However, the Committee notes that the National Council is hampered with organizational difficulties and there still exists barriers to access health services for children with disabilities. The Committee, therefore, recommends the State Party to continue its efforts to address the need of children with disability through the proper implementation of its policies and by establishing orthopedic services and where services are available 8