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This Country Fact Sheet from Moldova reports that since 2007, the number of children in institutional care has dropped from 12,000 to 2,214. As the poorest country in Europe, poverty is the outlying factor for why children are separated from their families.
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…
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 important assessment of foster care services in the Republic of Moldova, conducted for the Government and UNICEF, follows up on the 2012 evaluation of the five-year strategy on care reforms and its findings that despite significant results in the number of children leaving residential care, there were "very few children living in foster care". The very limited use of foster care for children with disabilities and children under the age of three was noted as a particular concern. This assessment provides a comprehensive analysis of the two main types of formal…
This newsletter is the first of three newsletters concerning care reform in Moldova. The Child and Family 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 child…
EveryChild is an international development charity working in 17 countries with a strategic focus on children without parental care. This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights. It also provides principles for good practice in trying to reduce the number of children without parental…