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Andrea Mazzarino, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, visited Russian orphanages as part of a human rights investigation into the conditions and potential abuses in the orphanage system, especially for children with disabilities. Mazzarino found that thousands of children with disabilities who are living in orphanages are, in fact, not orphans. These children, according to article, are subject to harmful treatment that has long been hidden from public view. Through her investigation, Mazzarino also discovered that well over 165,000 children live in state orphanages designated for children…
The article highlights the journy of three former orphans with severe disabilities attempting to make the grueling ascent to Africa’s highest peak to help Russian orphanages. Their Journey is documented in a new RT documentary. The three men who took on Kilimanjaro met when they were still teenagers in an orphanage near Moscow, after being given up by their parents as babies due to their severe medical conditions. According to the article, the men raised thousands for charities on both sides of the Atlantic and after what for two of them was the second attempt to scale Kilimanjaro, and…
To facilitate Barnahus and similar setups to hear about how children experience their service, PROMISE has developed a Child Participation Tool. The tool focuses on the child’s experience of Barnahus, including the travel to Barnahus, their experience in Barnahus, coming home from Barnahus and potential follow up or mid-to-long term treatment in Barnahus or by a mobile Barnahus team.
Join this webinar to walk through the tool with the author Olivia Lind Haldorsson, and to discuss with European colleagues about approaches and considerations for soliciting children’s views on their…
This webinar is being organized as part of the regional project "Building Relationships through Innovative Development of Gender-Based Violence Awareness in Europe - BRIDGE" which has the aim to strengthen the statutory response to gender-based violence (GBV) affecting children and youth on the move in EU countries.
The BRIDGE project is supported by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) and is implemented in Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Malta and Romania.A series of webinars are being organized as part of the BRIDGE project to discuss issues of…
The Partnership for Every Child CEE/CIS Regional Alliance has existed since 2009 as an informal affiliation of five NGOs: Partnerships for Every Child in Moldova, Ukraine and Russia, Partnership for Children in Georgia and For Our Children Foundation in Bulgaria. The five NGOs share a common mission to prevent unnecessary loss of family care for vulnerable children and provide protection to children without parental care in the CEE/CIS region and are committed to developing a region-wide program that can help to build synergies and accelerate the pace of child care reform across the CEE/CIS…
A Family for Every Orphan is a Christian organization that helps orphans find families in their home countries.
The Russian Union of Social Workers and Social Pedagogues is glad to inform experts in the social sphere about the Fourth International Forum of Social Workers of Siberia and the Far East “Family of the 21-st century. Hope for the Future”. The Forum will take place on 18 – 19 August 2010.
The Russian Union of Social Workers and Social Pedagogues is glad to inform experts in the social sphere about the Fourth International Forum of Social Workers of Siberia and the Far East “Family of the 21-st century. Hope for the Future”. The Forum will take place on 18 – 19 August 2010.
The Children’s Unit at the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat (CBSS) aims to create safe and secure environment for children in the Baltic Sea Region by initiating projects and cooperation on child rights and child protection issues, including out of home care for children, in the Baltic Sea Region and beyond.
P4EC operates in Russia, Moldova and Ukraine to ensure vulnerable children who are, or risk being, separate from their family or community remain in a safe environment, free from poverty, violence, and exploitation.
P4EC is a member of Family for Every Child.