Net TV presenter Kurt Calleja discusses the experience of fostering with John Role’ (IFCO Board Member), Louise Ann Bugeja Tate, Charles Sammut, and Kris Grima foster carers. Very interesting video.
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REALISING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS – EMBEDDING CHILD RIGHTS IN THE DAILY PRACTICE OF CARE PROFESSIONALS (CHILDHUB WEBINAR)
Date of webinar: 12 Dec 2017 Start and finish time of webinar: 3pm CET Lecturer: Julia Kovalenko, Advocacy and Child rights Advisor, SOS Children’s Villages Estonia Krešimir Makvić, National Advocacy Advisor, SOS Children’s Villages Croatia Florence Treyvaud Nemtzov, International Project Manager, SOS Children’s Villages International About the webinar: This webinar will present the results of the two […]
Read moreVIDEO: Smartphones are cocaine to children
Interesting video We often think that by letting children spend at lot of their time on social media nothing will happen. Do we realise that these gadgets often affects their learning, sleeping and attention.
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Care Leaver Wins Top Industry Award for Documentary
A WOMAN who grew up in care has won a prestigious award for her documentary about young people in the care system. Rebecca Southworth, who graduated from the University of Salford’s BA Television and Radio (BATAR) programme with a first class degree in 2015, has won a Royal Television Society NW Award for her BBC […]
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Enroll: Online classes in Attachment Based Foster & Kinship
Enroll! Next international instructor online classes in attachment based foster & kinship – or group caregiver staff – training will both start in January 2018. FairstartFoundation’s latest international class educated instructors from seven countries worldwide, supporting each other as they trained groups of caregivers. Changes in child behavior and caregiver cooperation are impressive, see instructor’s […]
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A BIG THANK YOU – Setting Sail from a Safe Port – IFCO 2017
On behalf of the National Foster Care Association Malta (NFCAM), we want to thank you for attending IFCO 2017 International Conference – Setting Sail from a Safe Port – on November 1 – 4, 2017 at the Grandmaster’s Palace and the Old University in Valletta. We hope that you found the conference informative and worthwhile. […]
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Children need policy makers who invest in foster care – Half of children in out-of-home care are in residential care
Policymakers had to invest more in foster care and accept it was the preferred out-of-home care for children who are taken away from their biological parents, social worker and lecturer Daniella Zerafa urged this week. “Children need policy makers who invest in attracting more foster careers, not hesitating to declare foster care as the preferred […]
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National standards and policies in child protection lacking – paediatrician warns
Research carried out by paediatrician Kevin Borg, who has a special interest in safeguarding children, shows that, more than anything else, the health division in Malta is lacking an over-arching child protection policy that sets standards for all health professionals working with children, including doctors, nurses, midwives and other allied health professionals. These include learning […]
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Il-President se tiftaħ bibien il-Palazz għad-Djar tat-Tfal
Il-President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca ħabbret li se tkun qed tiftaħ il-bibien tal-Palazz San Anton għat-tfal li jgħixu fid-Djar tat-Tfal, jew li qed jgħixu ma’ familji tar-rispett (“foster families”), sabiex il-Fundazzjoni għall-Benessri tas-Soċjetà tkun tista’ tagħtihom l-appoġġ li jkollhom bżonn, filwaqt li t-tfal stess ikunu jistgħu jitħalltu u jitkellmu bejniethom dwar l-esperjenzi simili li għaddejjin minnhom. […]
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Support high-quality out-of-home care for children, President appeals ‘We cannot be afraid to make tough decisions’
Do not remain immobile in the face of children in out-of-home care getting lost in the system, President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca urged stakeholders at a conference yesterday. “We cannot stand idle when so many children and young people are getting lost in the labyrinth of institutional structures and formal systems,” the President said. Ms Coleiro […]
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