India's Covid crisis is devastating lives. Here's what we're doing and how you can help. Read more
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the UNCRC and the fifth anniversary of the Alternative Care Guidelines, member ChildLink organised a week of celebrations. A Children’s Day was organised with children. The children marched in the streets of Georgetown to raise awareness of the importance of preventing child abuse, empowering children and ensuring their safety and care. Read more
Children have a right to education, play, and a caring family, protection from violence and abuse, an identity and a name, and the opportunity to participate and be listened to. Read more
As an Alliance, we bring together organisations working for children and families, in dozens of countries around the world. It’s a unique way of working and it can only happen through the support of people like you. Here are five ways you’re helping our Alliance to thrive. Read more
Veronica needed to flee from trauma in Guatemala but current anti-immigrant policies would mean that she might have had a different experience if it had happened today. Here’s her story. Read more
It is with immense sorrow that we share the news that on Saturday 11 July Alison Lane passed away. Alison was General Director of Juconi, Mexico and a Board member of Family for Every Child. Read more
How leaving a gift in your will can change children’s lives for years to come. Read more
The mantra of the Mobile Education Programme, run by our member in India, Butterflies, is: “If the children cannot come to the school, let us take the school to them”. Read more
The members of Family for Every Child (Family) met in Durban, South Africa, to celebrate past achievements and the journey so far, and to launch a new chapter of our global alliance. The meeting marked the end of our Steering Committee and the start of a new governance structure, one which means members now lead on decision-making and strategic development. Read more
Children separated from their families can be at a higher risk of dangerous situations and adverse life outcomes; but reintegrating children who return to their communities or families of origin also needs to be approached carefully in order for it to be successful in the long term. Uyisenga ni Imanzi, the Family for Every Child member organisation in Rwanda, has developed a comprehensive model for enabling this to happen. Read more
To help fill this gaps in understanding of foster care, and to ensure that foster care is safe, effective, and only used when necessary and appropriate, Family for Every Child has developed two reports on foster care. This short paper summarises these reports' key findings. Read more
Four of our members will be joining Juconi Mexico at their third JUCONI International Conference — For a world without violence in October. The conference focus will be on “Strengthening work with children and families affected by family violence”. Read more
Violence against children takes place in every country. It has serious effects on a child’s development. Read this report that shares key recommendations and messages from girls and boys. Read more
Key facts about kinship care and what needs to be done. Read more
With an estimated 1 in 6 boys worldwide affected by sexual violence, it’s time for us to break the silence on this devastating issue. Our research, undertaken with our member organisations around the world, has given us unique insight into the challenge – and how to tackle it. Read more
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The UN Guidelines on Alternative Care (referred to as the Guidelines), were steered by the government of Brazil and welcomed by the UN in 2009. They promote a more diligent approach to identifying care options for children outside of care. The Guidelines complement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and demonstrate the value that the UN, states and the global community attaches to alternative care. Various articles in the UNCRC refer to the importance of the right to child prot Read more
From an early age, Valeria’s life was full of danger. Facing a difficult situation at home, she ran away and joined an armed group in the Colombian jungle at just 13 years of age. After years of hard work, and after witnessing her boyfriend being killed, she escaped. Now, Family member Taller de Vida has finally restored her hope for the future. Read more
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A responsible and diligent student, Alejandro* was 15 years old when he was sexually molested by a teacher at his school, who used manipulative behaviour and an excuse of ‘punishment’ to take advantage of his position of power. As he waits for the court case to be heard, Alejandro has been supported by the Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse (CPTCSA) in the Philippines, a member organisation of Family for Every Child. Read more
Success of the Sustainable Development Goals can only be judged when all vulnerable children are counted: On World Statistics Day, Family for Every Child is calling for the world’s most vulnerable children to not be left behind. Read more