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Why is it so important to consider mental health and emotional well-being in child care and child protection? How can we address mental health needs in a non-clinical environment? What are some of the tried and tested approaches to supporting the mental health of vulnerable children? In this webinar three members from the Family for Every Child alliance present how they support the mental health of vulnerable children they work with in their different contexts, sharing their programmes and methodologies and responding to questions from audience members.
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Este seminario web es el segundo de una serie de la Plataforma de colaboración global Transforming Children's Care. En el seminario web, Philip Goldman de Maestral presentó…
This webinar was conducted in English and Spanish and the video recording is available with French and Spanish captions. View the Spanish and French subtitles by clicking on the 'Settings' icon at the bottom right of the video player.
This webinar is the second in a…
The Finding the Way Home documentary highlights the painful realities of the eight million children living in orphanages and other institutions around the world. The film draws on intimate access to families from Brazil, Bulgaria, Haiti, Nepal, India and Moldova to tell six stories of children who have found their way into the care of loving families after spending periods of their lives in an institution. The documentary was made with the support of ACER (Brazil), Catalysts for Social Action (CSA, India), Next Generation Nepal, Lumos and others who helped identify and support some…
In this video from United Aid for Azerbaijan, several experts and public officials discuss the importance of deinstitutionalization. The video covers the extreme problems of neglect in institutions and discusses attempts by UAFA to re-integrate children with families. The video discusses how Azerbaijan has called in foreign experts to help implement projects to improve the condition of children in institutional care.
This video highlights the importance of keeping children with families.
This video documents Save the Children's work in Armenia to reform the child protection system under its "Unite for Children, Save Futures" (UCSF) project in 2009-2012.
Save the Children works with governments and organisations to improve the lives of children, families and communities by promoting positive child discipline methods in all settings and using the Guidelines for Alternative Care as a roadmap to focus on supporting a range of appropriate family environments for children without appropriate care.
This video showcases the Family-based care program of Save the Children and its partners in Indonesia, highlighting different aspects of the program working with government, schools of social work, residential care providers, children and their families.
Georgia’s child welfare reform has made important strides over the past eight years focusing largely on ending harmful child institutionalization. The child welfare reform process that started in 2005 is being implemented by the Government of Georgia with support from the international community and local NGOs. This video by Save the Children highlights some of the issues and the work of its project to support the Government in this reform process.
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This video segment from the PBS Newshour shines a light on efforts underway in Cambodia to reintegrate children from orphanages back into their families or into family-based care. It features the work of Cambodian Children's Trust (CCT) to reintegrate children in Battambang Province, including interviews with a mother and child who have been reunited thanks to CCT's efforts.
The video also explains the connection between tourism and the orphanage industry in Cambodia. "There may be fewer orphans, but orphanages have also become a growth industry," says the video. "There were…