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These presentations from UNICEF and Alternative Care Thailand were delivered during the July 9, 2021, workshop of the Care Measurement Task Force of the Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform. The focus of the workshop was on care measurement initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa and Thailand.
In this first event of Family for Every Child's How We Care series, Family Members CINDI (South Africa), Conacmi (Guatemala) and Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (Rwanda) shared their approaches and experiences of providing psychosocial support to children and families during the COVID-19 crisis. Their presentations were followed by a panel discussion and Q&A, complementing the How We Care materials being produced on this theme. Juliana Trujillo from Juconi (Mexico) moderated this…
Jeanne Uwamariya's firstborn Gloria Abijuru was born with a physical disability. The father to her children with whom they were not legally married abandoned his family when Abijuru was just 3 years old.
This meant that Uwamariya would shoulder all the responsibilities of fending for the children alone.
Challenged by domestic pressures, she was forced to withdraw Abijuru from school more especially because it was far away from their home.