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Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, the world has experienced a series of waves and variants of the ever evolving and vaccine eluding COVID-19 virus. Initial responses predominantly focused on slowing the spread of the virus and included movement restrictions, intra-country and inter-country border closings, quarantine, isolation, social distancing, and mask wearing. Whilst these responses aimed to slow the spread of the virus, they also tended to overlook the prioritization of vulnerable populations such as children with disabilities, children in alternative care…
Scopul analizei de situație a copiilor din Republica Moldova, cu accent pe copiii vulnerabili și prevenirea separării de părinți, este de a oferi o imagine completă a situației lor actuale, inclusiv în urma efectelor pandemiei COVID-19 și care să servească elaborării de recomandări concrete cu privire la o serie de decizii bazate pe probe, pe care statul dar și actorii societății civile au nevoie să le ia și, ulterior, să le implementeze, pentru a îmbunătăți situația grupurilor celor mai vulnerabile, precum și pentru a eficientiza sistemul de îngrijire alternativă a copilului din Republica…
This final report presents key learning, findings, and results of the “Children in Moldova are Cared for in Safe and Secure Families” (Children in Moldova) project. The Children in Moldova project's goal was to improve the safety, wellbeing, and development of highly vulnerable children, particularly those who were living without adequate family care. The project worked to ensure that:
1) across Moldova, 100,000 children who were at risk of losing family care, living with seriously inadequate family care, or outside family care had increased chances to stay with their strengthened…
This guide represents a methodological support that describes the procedures for the provision, organization and operation of the Family Support Service; and aims at explaining the criteria, principles and administrative and operational procedures for the provision of the service in order to ensure the implementation of the Framework Regulation and the Minimum Quality Standards.
This guide is part of a series of methodological materials developed to support the professionals in the field of social assistance:
- Implementation of the foster care service. Practical guide.…
This guide is designed for social workers employed in the social services addressed to families and children in Moldova. The guide contains a standard version of the case management methodology that is unified and basic for all social services used by all social workers involved in the provision of social assistance services. In this version, the case management methodology focuses on family strengthening and the development of family’s competences, with the ultimate aim of achieving every child’s well-being.
This guide is part of a series of methodological materials developed to…
This important report documents a 22-month longitudinal study of the reintegration of children in residential care in Moldova. This research was carried out by Partnerships for Every Child, a Moldovan Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), with the support of Family for Every Child. This is part of an overall study – which also examines the reintegration of street children in Mexico and of child domestic workers in Nepal – aims to identify successful elements in strategies to ensure the sustainable reintegration of children without parental…
In 2007 the Government of Moldova approved the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Reform of the Residential Childcare System 2007-2012. The overall objectives of the Action Plan were to reduce the number of children living outside a family by 50% and to reorganise residential institutions to support children in families. This informative evaluation commissioned by UNICEF, the Government of the Republic of Moldova and NGO partners is built around 6 critical questions:
- Assessing…
On the 17th October, Dr. Stela Grigorash, a senior Moldovan child protection expert and the Director of Partnerships for EveryChild Moldova gave a presentation at the USAID/DCOF office in Washington DC, USA, on the important work and lessons learnt in reforming the care system in that country. Just over a decade ago Moldova institutionalized its children at an extremely high rate. Between 2002 and 2012 the country saw a decrease in the percentage of children in residential institutions of over 50%. As a result of the reforms so far, 18 institutions…
On the 17th October, Dr. Stela Grigorash, a senior Moldovan child protection expert and the Director of Partnerships for Every Child Moldova gave a presentation at the USAID/DCOF office in Washington DC, USA, on the important work and lessons learnt in reforming the care system in that country. Just over a decade ago Moldova institutionalized its children at an extremely high rate. Between 2002 and 2012 the country saw a decrease in the percentage of children in residential institutions of over 50%. As a result of the reforms so far, 18 institutions…
This issue No. 3-4 is one in a newsletter series concerning care reform in Moldova. The magazine was produced by Partnerships for Every Child (P4EC), an NGO in Moldova, with funding from the project, “Protecting children in Moldova from family separation, violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation,” which is funded by USAID/DCOF. In addition to deinstitutionalization and other care reform work in the three raions (districts) of Calarasi, Falesti, and Ungheni, the project is also working at a national level on laws, policies, and procedures regarding…