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Here you can stay updated on all our latest news and developments and see what’s going on in the world of international Foster Care through our dedicated blog.
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 WELCOME to IFCO's new SECRETARIAT - Nataliya, Tanya & Oksana! + new phone number & Skype
05.06.2013
Two people will be based in Kyiv, Ukraine & one in Manchester, England. Between them they will offer English, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Spanish & Polish!
From IFCO's 27 May Enewsletter: "The Board have now accepted a bid from the NGO / not-for-profit organisation "Partnership for...
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 FULLY SPONSORED YOUTH PLACES FOR OSAKA - apply online by 27 June!
27.05.2013
FULLY SPONSORED YOUTH PLACES FOR OSAKA - apply online by 27 June!
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 IFCO's 2013 World Conference - September - OSAKA, Japan >> WEB SITE - includes prices, registration, hotels and more!
14.02.2013
7 MAY UPDATE on IFCO's Facebook page > "More than 50 Japanese youth have now registered for the IFCO2013 International Conference!!! How exciting is that?!
Did you now there are more than 10 active youth groups for youth with care experience in Japan? REGISTER NOW!"
TAKE A LOOK! >>>...
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 UK - Roma children in care > CLICK to listen to this BBC World Service radio programme
02.02.2013
The Roma are Europe’s biggest ethnic minority, and a substantial number of them have moved to Britain in recent years, taking advantage of the EU’s open borders to seek a better life. However, it’s emerged that a disproportionate number of their children end up in the care of local authorities,...
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 European Expert Group on Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care stimulates transformation of care services in Europe / UN Human Rights High Commissioner Pillay has sent letters in support of such a transition to all EU Member States.
28.01.2013
“The support of the High Commissioner is of critical importance for us,” says Luk Zelderloo, the Secretary-General of the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD), which shares the rotating chairmanship of the group with Eurochild and OHCHR. “We need to bring...
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 Kyrgyzstan: “The government uses most of its resources dedicated for needy children to finance children’s homes... Naturally, it turns out that needy families cannot compete with the government, and they are forced to take their children to orphanages.”
24.01.2013
Like most residents of her children’s home in Osh, Nargiza is a part-time orphan. Her father disappeared when she was born and her mother works long spells in Russia. Nargiza has no siblings and doesn’t know her grandparents. But she does see her mother from time to time.
“I live with my mother...
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 Russian parliament endorses anti-US adoption bill > signed by President Putin > controversy + lots more information & statistics + IFCO's previous Statement on Inter-Country Adoption + INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION - UNICEF innocenti digest
06.01.2013
Quote: "Does one sovereign nation have the right to demand that another sovereign nation give up its children for adoption?"
26 December - Associated Press news article > http://m.apnews.mobi/ap/db_6776/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=7fZR9NKh
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 Transforming Institutional Care - Child Care Reform in Georgia: Update on Progress of Ending the Use of Large Institutional Care for Children
08.12.2012
GEORGIA's PROGRESS > Foster care is now the dominant form of alternative care in the country // The number of children living in large institutional care has been reduced from 4000 to 250 // 23 of the remaining 28 institutions have been closed. In the past 12 months, about 33 percent of all...
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