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[THE HAGUE, 12 July 2006] - The Bernard van Leer Foundation has recently published three new publications on the subject of young children affected by HIV/AIDS, timed to coincide with the build-up to the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto in August 2006. HIV/AIDS, young children and the Bernard van Leer Foundation is an A4 leaflet which gives an overview of the Foundation's involvement in the issue of young children affected by HIV/AIDS, outlining how they aim to work with others as a funder, convener and facilitator to bring together the angles of knowledge, policy and practice. One of the activities covered is the Foundation's involvement in the Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS (CCABA), which has issued a five-point Call to Action on issues surrounding the psychosocial wellbeing of affected young children. The call to action is expanded on in the paper Where The Heart Is: Meeting the psychosocial needs of young children in the context of HIV/AIDS, an output of a series of workshops on psychosocial support held over the last two years by the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS. Authors Linda Richter, Geoff Foster and Lorraine Sherr discuss the issues surrounding psychosocial care and support for children made vulnerable by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and make recommendations for future priorities and programming directions. The publication reflects the input and feedback of individual workshop participants from organisations including the Children's Institute, Human Sciences Research Council, International Child Development Programmes, REPSSI, Save The Children - USA and UK, The Teresa Group, Tulane University and the World Health Organisation. All of the foundation's publications are available to the public free of charge, in both electronic format and up to a maximum of five printed copies. Further information