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This manual, produced by Save the Children in Sri Lanka, provides guidance on Family Group Conferencing (FGC), which was introduced to the governmental childcare structure in Sri Lanka's Southern Providnce between 2006-2008. The key objectives of this training manual are to provide a basic understanding of the Family Group Conference (FGCs) model and its background; introduce a more culturally relevant and practical version of the overall FGC process that suits the context in Sri Lanka; enable child protection practitioners to effectively facilitate FGCs and develop…
In large-scale emergencies, food aid is often one of the biggest and longest-running responses. Oxfam is concerned about the standardisation of such food-aid responses and its appropriateness in the current post-tsunami context. Where food is available, and markets functioning, cash is an appropriate alternative to food aid.
Oxfam is publishing this briefing note because it is concerned about challenging the bias towards food aid in the current design of relief responses, and to raise awareness and expertise among relief workers on cash-transfer programmes and local food purchase.…
Many agencies have been involved in implementing child sponsorship programmes in Sri Lanka for many years. Since the tsunami of December 2005, the number of organisations and individuals coming forward to support children and their families through sponsorship programmes has increased rapidly. It is therefore important that the child sponsorship programmes are coordinated and managed in ways that the protection, interests and needs of children are met. It is also important that child sponsorship programmes do not inadvertently deepen inequalities and conflicts within…