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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a new report indicating that Mexican officials are routinely deporting vulnerable children from Central America who immigrate to Mexico to escape violence in their home countries, according to this article from the Guardian. According to HRW, Mexican immigration authorities create insurmountable obstacles that prevent children from claiming asylum and gaining refugee status in Mexico, despite the threat of violence or sexual assault in their countries of origin. Less than one percent of children detained in Mexico are accepted as refugees, says the article…
This article, produced by the BBC, reports on the growing number of unaccompanied children who immigrate to the United States from Mexico and Central America each year. According to the article, in a recent statement President Barack Obama has described the growing influx of unaccompanied children migrating to the United States as an "urgent humanitarian situation."
Recent estimates place the number of children who will enter the US illegally from Central America and Mexico this year at around 60,000, says the article. The number of girls and children under the age of 13 who come into the…
El Salvador es uno de los países con más alto número de casos de feminicidio de la región; para tratar de responder esta situación de violencia, el gobierno decretó en 2018, una alarma nacional, con el fin de que todas las instituciones del Estado, la cooperación y la sociedad en general, contribuyera a la prevención y respuesta.
El SNU, por su parte, está contribuyendo a estos esfuerzos a través de la iniciativa Spotlight, que tiene como tema central, precisamente, la lucha contra el feminicidio. UNICEF es agencia implementadora en el país y trabajará, de manera conjunta, con otras…
The Early Childhood Care and Development Adviser will lead and manage Whole Child International’s ECCD component of the recently awarded USAID’s five-year PROMOVER project. PROMOVER’s ECCD component focuses on supporting children, caregivers and community members to be active participants in the social, emotional, psychological and educational wellbeing of children. Additionally, the program aims to support relevant government officials through strengthening their skills and knowledge in improving child care practices in childcare centers, with special attention to child protection. Our ECCD…
The Chief of Party is the point person for the 5 year, 7.2 million USAID project in El Salvador (4.9 from USAID, 2.3 from WCI). S/he has ultimate responsibility for the financial and programmatic integrity of the project. S/he will be responsible for all Whole Child communications to USAID. In addition, s/he will ensure timely and effective implementation of the project, meeting key milestones, liaising and communicating with USAID and partners, and overseeing all compliance-related activities. In addition, s/he will communicate and respond to any changes in the political or security context…
1MillionHome is a campaign of Chosen & Dearly Loved, a 501(c)3 organization. 1MillionHome is committed to keeping children in families and working to transform systems of care in a way that prevents separation. 1MillionHome's mission is to transform orphanages into family reunification centers, transform over 5,000 orphanages, and bring 1 million children back home, where they have the best chance to thrive.
As part of ISS-USA's mission to protect and defend vulnerable children across borders, ISS-USA is implementing a training in Guatemala on April 28-29th. This training is part of a project to provide coordinated cross border social services for children and families migrating in the Northern Triangle, Mexico, and the U.S. This training aims to develop a regional network of social service agencies committed to cross border support, increase collaboration and communication among these agencies, and ultimately protect the rights of unaccompanied children and their families entering and exiting…
Project RED is a Christian faith-based organization working in partnership with the Salvadoran government to bring lasting change to forgotten families in need in El Salvador through actions of Reintegration, Education and Development. Project RED works with the families of children who have been living in orphanages and have been placed in the homes of members of their biological families as a result of the LEPINA Law in El Salvador.