Family for Every Child: Conversations on Care

En este episodio, Ron Gutiérrez, Director Clínico de Servicios Legales para Niños y miembro del consejo de Family for Every Child, habla con Denisse Pérez, coordinadora de proyectos en Paicabi , sobre el proyecto Wara, una iniciativa única en respuesta a los incendios forestales de 2024 en Chile. Si bien la ayuda inicial se centró en viviendas y necesidades básicas, Paicabi reconoció que la verdad...

To mark Kinship Care week 2025 Amanda is joined by Dr. Braden Clark, Founder and CEO of Relate Services and co-author of Family’s latest publication; Strengthening Kinship Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kinship care is the most widely used form of alternative care globally. And can lead to better outcomes in health, education, and emotional well-being than other forms of alternative care, yet it is...

This is the third of three podcasts focusing on approaches to support the integration of Children on the Move from the Middle East and other countries to Europe. Since 2020 Family for Every Child member organizations in Italy, Greece, Germany, UK and Lebanon have been working together to develop, share and implement practices. This process of collaboration led to the creation of the Supporting Int...

This is the second of three podcasts focusing on approaches to support the integration of Children on the Move from the Middle East and other countries to Europe. Since 2020 Family for Every Child member organizations in Italy, Greece, Germany, UK and Lebanon have been working together to develop, share and implement practices. This process of collaboration led to the creation of the Supporting In...

This is the first of three podcasts focusing on approaches to support the integration of Children on the Move from the Middle East and other countries to Europe. Since 2020 Family for Every Child member organizations in Italy, Greece, Germany, UK and Lebanon have been working together to develop, share and implement practices. This process of collaboration led to the creation of the Supporting Int...

In this podcast Amanda is joined by leaders of two Family for Every Child member organisations based in Nairobi, Kenya. Okari Magati is the Executive Director of Pendekezo Letu and Eric Mukoya is Executive Director of Undugu Society of Kenya. At Family we know that local CSOs are best placed to deliver change that reflects the cultural, social, economic and practical realities of their communities...

In this episode Amanda is joined by three representatives of Pillars Ka Pou, a New Zealand based charity which exists to support the children and families of people in prison or serving a community sentence. We hear about the work of the Youth Advisory Panel, which launched in 2022 to directly engage young people with lived experience and amplify their voices. The panel has been involved in import...

In this episode Amanda is joined by representatives of three member organisations who are working to support children's mental health and wellbeing across three continents.  Omattie Madray, Managing Director of ChildLinK , in Guyana, Chaste Uwihoreye, Country Director at Uyisenga Ni Imanzi in Rwanda and Rita Panicker, Director of Butterflies , in India. The panel discussed how mental wellbein...

In this month’s podcast Amanda is joined by two representatives of the Ali Forney Center in New York. Nadia Swanson is Director of Technical Assistance and Advocacy and Maddox Guerilla is Technical Assistance Consultant, and former graduate of the Center. The Ali Forney Center (AFC) was established in 2002 in memory of Ali, a gender non-conforming person who was tragically murdered on the streets...

In this podcast Amanda Griffith, CEO at Family for Every Child, is joined by Nicole Mazen, Chief Program and Policy Officer at Amara. Amara is an organisation that supports children and families who are impacted by foster care or adoption in the greater Seattle area in the United States of America. Amara's focus is on meeting the needs of those who are most impacted including Black and Indige...

This podcast episode explores the context of the juvenile justice system in the United States of America. The USA has the highest youth incarceration rate in the industrialised world. However, in the past two decades there has been a significant drop in juvenile arrest and incarceration rates, which has seeded many changes in law and policy.   Family for Every Child CEO, Amanda Griffith, is joined...

O podcast de hoje explora o papel do intercâmbio de práticas entre organizações locais da sociedade civil em diferentes partes do mundo. O episódio é apresentado por Monica Alkmim, a Coordenadora Executiva da Organização dos Direitos Humanos, Projeto Legal, no Brasil. O Projeto Legal é um dos membros fundadores da aliança Family for Every Child. A Monica é acompanhada por Raum Batista, Assessor Té...

This podcast episode explores the context for children and young people with care experience in New Zealand. Family for Every Child, CEO, Amanda Griffith, is joined by Tracie Shipton and Tupua Urlich from VOYCE-Whakarongo Mai, a new member organisation of the Family for Every Child alliance. VOYCE-Whakarongo Mai was co-designed by children with care experience, for children with care experience, a...

El podcast de hoy es el segundo episodio relacionado con el tema de la prestación de apoyo en situaciones de emergencia. A la luz del actual conflicto en Ucrania, los miembros de Family for Every Child están compartiendo sus experiencias de apoyo a niños y familias vulnerables en situaciones de emergencia, con la esperanza de que sean un recurso útil para los profesionales que participan directame...

Today’s podcast is the first episode related to the topic of providing support in emergencies. In light of the current conflict in Ukraine, Family for Every Child members are sharing their experiences of supporting vulnerable children and families in emergency situations in the hope that they will be a useful resource for those practitioners directly involved in responding to the current situation...

El podcast de hoy es sobre un tema del que no se habla mucho, que es el Cuidado de las Cuidadoras. Se ha conversado mucho sobre la salud mental de las niñas, niños y adolescentes durante la pandemia, pero ENFOQUE Niñez de Paraguay ha ido un paso más allá y ha realizado un proyecto con las cuidadoras de instituciones de abrigo.  Para conocer más sobre el trabajo realizado, nos acompaña Livia Gonzal...

Family for Every Child influences national, regional and global decision-makers to implement positive change to child welfare policies and services, with a specific focus on children being cared for in a safe family environment. This is possible, in part, through advocacy efforts led by Family members.  In this podcast, Family for Every Child's CEO, Amanda Griffith, is joined by Sandrea Long-...

Would you like to learn more about Family's 2021-2025 Strategy?  In our latest podcast, Suzanne Clulow from CINDI moderates a conversation between Ron Gutierrez from LSC and Family for Every Child's CEO, Amanda Griffith. They discuss the main considerations when developing this new strategy, how being part of a network like Family for Every Child can strengthen the work members are doing...

This podcast is the second episode on the topic of International Approaches to Child Participation. Children’s right to participation is protected in the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that children have the right to freely express their views on all matters and decisions that affect them, and to have those views taken into account at all levels of society. But...

Today’s podcast is the first episode on the topic of International Approaches to Child Participation. Children’s right to participation is protected in the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that children have the right to freely express their views on all matters and decisions that affect them, and to have those views taken into account at all levels of society. B...

Today’s podcast is our second on the topic of domestic violence, and its impact on children, within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our focus today is on Sri Lanka, in South Asia. Champa Gunasekera and Samitha Sugathimala from the Foundation for Innovative Social Development (or FISD), in Sri Lanka speak to us about how FISD has been tackling the very serious issue of domestic violence durin...

In this podcast Amanda Griffith, CEO of Family for Every Child speaks to Kate Bundle, Chief Executive of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (GRG), was established in 2001, and grew out of a grass roots movement of support groups responding to the difficulties facing kin carers. GRG saw grandparents struggling to adjust to their ro...

Family for Every Child is a growing network of currently 41 local civil society organisations working on the ground in 37 countries, and these organisations have a wealth of knowledge and experience from years of working with children and communities to develop solutions to improve children’s care. Today’s podcast focuses upon the topic of domestic violence, and its impact on children, within the...

Family for Every Child is a growing network of currently 41 local civil society organisations working on the ground in 37 countries, and these organisations have a wealth of knowledge and experience from years of working with children and communities to develop solutions to improve children’s care. Today’s podcast focuses upon a topic which is a high priority for our Alliance - Kinship Care. Kinsh...

Join Amanda Griffith, CEO of Family for Every Child in conversation with Zeny Rosales from the Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse (known as CPTCSA) in the Philippines. CPTCSA provides therapeutic support to young perpetrators and survivors of child sexual abuse, and trains parents and foster carers of children who have been sexually abused.  In this final episode of our...