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13/09/09
Children's Charity Warns that Elton John's Plans to Adopt from Ukraine Could Harm Ukrainian Children
EveryChild, the international children's charity, is concerned to learn that Elton John is planning to adopt a child from an orphanage in Ukraine. Whilst Elton John should be applauded for helping to raise awareness of the plight of children affected by HIV in Ukraine, the answer to Ukraine's deepening HIV and Aids crisis does not lie in international adoption. More children may be abandoned in children's homes as a result of another high-profile, celebrity adoption -
11/09/09
EveryChild Ukraine establishes country's first emergency foster care
In doing so EveryChild has challenged a law that denies abandoned children the right to a family. Working alongside the local authority in the Kyiv region, EveryChild has trained and supported emergency foster families to care for children who would ordinarily be confined to a hospital or children's home -
28/07/09
With the clear aim to highlight best national and international practice in foster care International Foster Care Organisation – IFCO organized a conference “Linking Global Foster Care” on 12-17th of July in Dublin, Ireland. -
01/07/09
On the 24th of June EveryChild expert Emily Delup (UK) facilitated a training session for 12 participants from Kyiv region on child participation. -
25/06/09
UN Human Rights Council supports new international standards on child care
EveryChild is pleased to announce that the UN Human Rights Council has adopted an important resolution which affects the UN guidelines on alternative care for children. These guidelines clearly set out that the best forms of care for children are family-based, and institutional care should only be used as a last resort. They also recommend that countries should invest in family-based alternatives, such as adoption and kinship care. -
18/06/09
By Anna Feuchtwang - chief executive of the charity EveryChild -
12/06/09
12 June is World Day Against Child Labour, an international day aimed at eliminating child labour, organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) -
26/05/09
When 15-year-old Sophie's parents separated, her world fell apart. She lost interest in studying and her grades began to slip. Sleep problems meant she was groggy and irritable at school. Eventually she confided in her form tutor, who suggested she see the school counsellor. -
24/05/09
Retailers refuse to buy cotton picked by children in inhumane conditions. Nick Mathiason reports -
15/05/09
Today, on the UN International Day of the Family (Friday), international development charity EveryChild is warning that the global recession is leading to more children being abandoned, trafficked and exploited across the world. As food becomes scarcer, parents face unemployment and families become desperate, children are leaving their homes and schools to find work. Some children are migrating away from families, some are trafficked and many are abandoned into orphanages. At the same time governments are cutting their already limited support for child care and child protection services. -
06/05/09
Getting and holding attention in training sessions is a challenge, even for good trainers. EveryChild Ukraine in co-operation with partner organization - Institute for Human Services (USA) launched a Programme of training of trainers in social work for families with children in terms of the project "Preventing Separation of Children through Implementation of Gate-keeping Mechanism". Training Curricula and training modules for trainers in social work for families with children are developed as for local trainers, as for trainers and specialists from other organizations and regions in Ukraine. -
29/04/09
From local to global: help policymakers improve the lives of children and families
The series of one-day trainings called "Development of local programs for family support and reform of institutional care based on strategic planning and gate-keeping mechanism" within the project "Prevention of Separation of Children and Families through Implementation of Gate-Keeping in Ukraine", carried out by EveryChild Ukraine took place in April in Fastiv, Vyshgorod and Brovary (Kyiv region).
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