“Life skills, leadership, limitless potential: Supporting children and young people affected by sexual violence in Europe by strengthening and facilitating participatory practice” is a project funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Commission. This 24 month project which will run from November 2015 – November 2017 is being coordinated by the International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking (IC) at the University of Bedfordshire in the UK and is implemented in partnership with Barnardos SECOS (UK), Terre des Hommes (Romania), PULSE Foundation (Bulgaria), Stichting Alexander (Netherlands), Terre des Hommes Regional Office for South East Europe and in association with EuroChild. The project’s main aims are: to build the capacity of specialist support services to develop safe, ethical, participatory practice with young people affected by sexual violence to empower and enable children and young people affected by sexual violence to develop knowledge, skills and capacities through a life skills and leadership programme and through developing their own youth-led prevention activities. The objectives of the project are to: develop an evidence-based training program for sexual violence specialist support services to promote participatory practice with children and young people affected by sexual violence build capacity and sustainable professional support […]
Read more“Be a volunteer for your community” Guide now available!
‘Community Action’ is a concept introduced by the Children’s High Level Group, an organization founded by Emma Harriet Nicholson – Baroness of Winterbourne – and J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter sequel of novels. In Romania, “Community Action” is being implemented through a national program called the National Strategy for Community Action (SNAC), initiated and coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research, in partnership with Children’s High Level Group. The program includes various volunteer activities performed by high school students in the benefit of vulnerable children and adults in the community. Meant for children and young people interested in the implementation of SNAC in schools / communities, the guide “Be a volunteer for your community” is an open publication, developed by the Association for the Development of Social and Educational Services Catharsis (promoter Project) in partnership with Terre des hommes – Romania, Children’s High Level Group and the Romanian Foundation for Education and Educators. If you’re part of those children / young people who want to make a change in the world around them and were looking for a tool to help you put your ideas into practice, this Guide is for you! Read it, keep what suits […]
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On June 1st, children from Gorj, Dolj and Olt play fair and win through inclusion
On the occasion of International Children’s Day, Terre des hommes organizes two soccer tournaments in Tirgu Jiu (May 30th) and Craiova (June 1st) to help children extract meaningful lessons from games and sports that can be then extended to social life. Thus, 144 children from Gorj, Dolj and Olt will play football and “5 balls”, scoring when they play fair and winning when girls hit the goal. Organized under the “zefiR” project, the social inclusion events will facilitate the psycho-social development of children aged 10 to 14 years, coming from 8 communities where Tdh is already implementing educational programs: Bumbești-Jiu, Polovragi, Baia de Fier, Târgu Cărbunești (Gorj county); Grădinari, Slatina (Olt county); Amărăștii de Jos, Ocolna (Dolj county). Thereby, 16 players are selected from each community (144 in total) and will be joined – at the Craiova tournament – by another 16 children, beneficiaries of foster care. 96 adults (12 teachers and parents from each community) will assist at the activities. On the playground, the children will form mixed teams of 8 members (of which at least 2 are girls) and compete through „fair soccer” as well as “5 balls”, following new rules: there are no goal keepers or referees, […]
Read moreTerre des hommes awarded for keeping children safe
Terre des hommes (Tdh) has been awarded “Level 1 certification” for safeguarding children following an assessment by the global child safeguarding movement, Keeping Children Safe. “By working to keep child safe in all aspects of their work, Terre des hommes shows real leadership in the aid sector on child safeguarding. We hope all organisations follow their success in implementing the International Child Safeguarding Standards. We must ensure that all children everywhere are protected from harm,“ says Sarah Blakemore, Director, Keeping Children Safe. Level 1 certification evaluates if the child safeguarding framework of the organisation clearly outlines where there are risks to children’s safety and identifies the steps that need to be taken to minimise those risks. Keeping Children Safe found that Tdh’s child safeguarding work was strong in several areas: A truly global child protection policy has been written and is available in different languages as well as materials for parents and children. There are procedures and guidance across the whole organisation. The policy is regularly reviewed and continually strengthened. Tdh has developed a good set of training materials and always inducts new staff on child safeguarding. Monitoring and review of child safeguarding takes place regularly, with active learning sessions. “I am delighted Terre des […]
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