On 5 – 7 July, 2010 at the Speke Resort and Conference Centre in Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda, representatives from a wide variety of Ugandan and international non-governmental organizations, UN, government and community based organizations gathered together to:
1) expand PLG membership in Uganda across geographic and crisis settings;
2) agree on membership and governance issues for the [...]
CPC Network members and Program on Forced Migration & Health Faculty Inform Wellcome Trust Investment in Research to Strengthen the Public Health Response in Disasters and Humanitarian Emergencies
Dr Alastair Ager served on the planning group for the recent (June 29-30, 2010) Wellcome Trust Frontiers Meeting addressing the specific topic of Research to Strengthen the Public Health Response in Disasters and [...]
Child Protection Systems in Indonesia
Background
Indonesia has undergone significant political and economic transformations recently that affect many aspects of society, bringing to bear both concerns and opportunities in regard to child protection. A recent UNICEF report on the state of the world’s children indicates that nearly half (44%) of Indonesian children between 13 and 18 years [...]
Mike Wessells, the Save the Children Alliance, and a Reference Group comprised of members from the Oak Foundation, PULIH Indonesia, UNICEF, USAID-DCOF, and WorldVision International, have published a global, inter-agency review of the effectiveness of community-based child protection mechanisms.
Click here to download the Executive Summary.
Click here to download the Full Report.
From the Introduction of the [...]
by: Nanditha Hettitantri
September 2, 2009 — In Sri Lankan Context, the ‘Early Childhood’ is defined as the period of the child’s life from the conception to age five. All children are born with capabilities and competencies, which need support and care of the adults to develop to its full potential [...]
By: Alastair Ager
August saw the rollout of the first CPC Learning Network methods training workshop. Held in Gulu, Northern Uganda it was delivered in collaboration with the Program Learning Group established with support from PFMH and Save the Children last year. Participants for the workshop, ‘Assessing Needs, Mapping [...]
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