child protection

‘Broken Dreams – Central American children’s dangerous journey to the United States’ ( UNICEF REPORT)

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Still too many poor kids from Central America are trying a dangerous journey towards the US Dream

Interview with Anju Pun, Country Director, Forget me Not ( Part III)

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This is the final part of the interview with Anju. For more information on Forget Me Not, please visit . In this interview Anju explains about the reunification process that lead a child back to her family among other things. http://forgetmenot.org.au

Interview with Anju Pun, Country Director, Forget me Not ( Part II)

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Anju goes into the details of her work with Forget Me Not to ensure the rights of vulnerable children are respected and how we can overcome the orphanage based model. The third and last part of the Interview with Anju will upload on Tuesday 21st of June, 2016. In this interview, Anju explains about the partnership approach of Forget Me Not and other operational aspects of its work.  For more information on Forget Me Not, please visit http://forgetmenot.org.au

Wisdom Wednesday 2015: Interview with Andrea Nave, CEO, Forget me Not ( Part II)

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Andrea explains the journey undertaken by Forget Me Not to drastically change its approach on child protection in order to ensure the respect of the rights of the children, moving from an approach focused on institutionalization towards a working modality that works on the long term best interests of the children. Andrea also talk about the work of her organization outside Nepal.
Wisdom Wednesday 2016 is currently on going, please visit http://sharing4good.org/article/next-generation-nepals-wisdom-wednesdays

Wisdom Wednesday 2015: Interview with Andrea Nave, CEO, Forget me Not ( Part I)

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Andrea explains in this first part of the interview the work and the approach taken by Forget me Not to ensure that the organization would ensure the best child protection practices.
Wisdom Wednesday 2016 is currently on going, please visit http://sharing4good.org/article/next-generation-nepals-wisdom-wednesdays . DO NOT MISS IT.

Interview with Caroline Scheffer, Umbrella Foundation, Part 2

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On 10th of March we published the first part of an interview with Caroline Scheffer, country director of Umbrella Foundation. The interview was recorded during the 2015 edition of Wisdom Wednesday, the initiative of Next Generation Nepal to discuss about ethical volunteering and child protection in Nepal. In this second part, Caroline enters in the details of the work being done by Umbrella Foundation and the changes being undertake by the organization to be refocused on family reunification.

First global ranking on access to justice for children released ( PRESS RELEASE)

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CRIN, with partners, has carried out a collaborative project seeking to establish how children can access the justice system in their countries. By this we mean the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in the national law of each country around the world. European countries are in the highest positions ( https://www.crin.org)

Presenting Wisdom Wednesday: when volunteering in children homes might not be the best idea

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Are we really sure that volunteering in a children homes is in the best interest of the hosted children? Here an initiative that helps us all to reflect a bit about undertaking volunteering actions in children homes. Every Wednesday during this month of February you will have the chance to learn from experts on why volunteering in children homes is not the best thing.

Better Care Better Volunteering Network, Interview with Anna McKeon ( Part II)

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Have you ever heard of Better Care Better Volunteering Network? Have you ever consider that international volunteering based at children homes is not a so good idea? Find here some interesting results on the country studies covered by the initiative. Part I was published on 27th March, 2015 at http://sharing4good.org/article/interview-anna-mckeon-communication-consultant-better-care-better

Interview with Anna McKeon, Communication Consultant, Better Care Better Volunteering Network ( Part I)

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A multi agency initiative, Better Care Better Volunteering Network promotes ethical alternatives to volunteering in children homes. Anna, in this first part of the interview, explains why it is not ethical to volunteer in residential children care centers, offering some interesting options that can help harming the children. The Second Part of this interview will be published on 10th of April