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 UK > Fostering Network says a new foster care placement is needed every 22 minutes! > Foster Care Fortnight starts 14 May / new website to provide information to the public about fostering launched
09.05.2012
A child goes into care and needs a foster family every 22 minutes across the UK, analysis by the Fostering Network has revealed.
Last year, more than 24,000 children were taken into care and needed fostering, up 17 per cent on 2008, while the total number of children who are fostered has risen for...
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 UNICEF launches flagship report focusing on urban children 'The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World'
04.04.2012
UNICEF’s flagship report, ‘The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World’, was launched on 28 February, in Mexico City. One billion children live in urban areas, a number that is growing rapidly. Yet disparities within cities reveal that many lack access to schools, health care...
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 IFCO 2012 EUROPEAN+ Conference SOFIA, BULGARIA > updated web site with programme and pre and post-conference TOURS
08.12.2011
IFCO's EUROPEAN+ REGIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCE
21-24 OCTOBER 2012 SOFIA, BULGARIA http://ifco-sofia2012.com/
THE ONLINE CALL FOR PAPERS AND REGISTRATION ARE NOW OPEN
+ see the updated web site with €100 discount for Earlybird bookings by IFCO members + information on the hotel / registration /...
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 End placing children under three years in institutions - a call to action! IFCO at the invitation-only "Sub-Regional Workshop on Rights of Children Aged 0-3 Years"
21.11.2011
IFCO Board member Chris Gardiner represented IFCO at the invitation-only "Sub-Regional Workshop on Rights of Children Aged 0-3 Years" which was jointly organised by OHCHR Europe & UNICEF CEE / CIS offices following the publication of their recent report “At Home or In a Home?” (link below).
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 IFCO @ Asia Family Placement Conference 15-17 November Chiang Mai, Thailand
15.11.2011
Board member Mamoru Watanabe from Japan will represent IFCO at the Asia Family Placement Conference 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He will be providing information to delegates about IFCO's new Asia-Pacific Network.
From Care for Children's web site: "The Asia Family Placement Conference 2011 will...
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 CANADA - CWLC Webinar Retention of Foster Families: Experiences from Across Canada
02.11.2011
The Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) would like to invite you to a webinar on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 1:00-2:00pm EST.
In fall 2010, Child Welfare League of Canada, in partnership with Canadian Foster Family Association, held focus groups consisting of foster parents and child...
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 WORLDWIDE - FOSTER CARE TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT WITH IFCO - new Foster Care development project in Azerbaijan
12.10.2011
IFCO is currently working with local partners to develop a new Foster Care development project in Azerbaijan. IFCO's Training & Development Bureau was approached to do this work by Austrian International NGO Hilfswerk Austria. Other ongoing projects with local partners are currently running...
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 USA - FosterClub goes to the White House - "In creating the new law, Congress listened to young people from foster care every step of the way"
06.10.2011
President Obama signed the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (H.R. 2883) into law, and two of FosterClub’s young alums were invited to join him in the Oval Office to witness.
That’s because FosterClub’s network of young people from foster care has worked tirelessly to educate...
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