Family for Every Child

📍Lebanon 🇱🇷 A huge wave of gratitude is going out to all of the generous people around the globe who have supported our Lebanon Frontline Fund Appeal so far – the first care packages for pregnant women and new mothers have made it into the community! Our member Naba’a, an independent, non-political local charity are working around the clock as families are facing unmet basic needs and humanitarian efforts are stretched thin. In particular pregnant and lactating women require critical care and significant support in this emergency setting. Thanks so our global community, we are able to channel every donation made to our Frontline Fund directly to Naba'a... and more aid is needed! Give today, and help us fund essential support kits for vulnerable women. $135 can fund a newborn baby kit 🍼 $40 can buy a basic hygiene kit 🧼 $100 can get a labor kit for lactating women 🚼 $12 can pay for important supplements and vitamins 🥗 $2.5 will buy a 6 litre bag of potable water 💧 Support today 🔗 https://buff.ly/3P2Fyhc #LebanonAppeal #ChildrenInNeed #CeaseFireNow # EmergencyAppeal #Lebanon #ChildrenInNeed #FrontlineFund #ChangemakersForChildren

📍Aotearoa, New Zealand 🇳🇿 We’re helping to steer the ship for change! As a global alliance, we put A LOT of emphasis on the importance of giving a voice to those with lived experience – especially when it comes to shaping and improving broken systems that do not serve vulnerable children and young people. In New Zealand, we are honoured to be a part of the Children’s Rights Alliance (CRAANZ), where we work together with a number of local organisations who are committed to ensuring that children’s rights are honoured and real or young people in Aotearoa. Now, Tupua Ulrich (VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai) and our very own Michelle Egan-Bitran (Family’s Movement Building Advisor), are officially part of the CRAANZ Steering Committee, alongside some of New Zealand’s most impactful changemakers for children. This means that the Steering Committee is strengthened with Tupua, a leader and expert with lived experience of the broken care system to call for change. We look forward to building this movement with the alliance as we continue our work to push for a better care system! 📸 image taken at the recent #CRAANZ AGM, left to right, Leon Tan, Sonja Cooper, Jess Smith (Cooper Legal) and Tupua Urlich (VOYCE)

 Find out more about CRAANZ here: https://buff.ly/3Udg83h #CareReform #CallForChange #RoyalEnquiryIntoAbuseInCare #ChangemakersForChildren

📣 We're calling on our global community 🌐 Help us take #BlueUmbrellaDay to the next level ☔️ After five successful years of growing this campaign into a global advocacy day that reached over one million people in 2024, we're taking the next big step: 🚨 Join the campaign: let's declare 16 April #BlueUmbrellaDay a UN-recognised Internationl Day to protect boys from sexual violence. ❓Why? Because protecting boys fromnsexual violence complements and strengthens the essential efforts being made to prevent violence against all children, including girls. 🌐 Global advocacy and recognition of this issue is key in combatting the effects that sexual violence affecting boys has on society as a whole. 📝 Sign the petition today: https://buff.ly/4f645N4 #BlueUmbrellaDay #SignThePetition #GlobalAdvocacy #ProtectBoysBetter #JoinTheCall

We're at the halfway point to the next #BlueUmbrellaDay ☔️ Let's look back for a moment! Six months ago, #BlueUmbrellaDay took place, and over 50 organisations around the world joined the global call to better protect boys and young men from sexual violence. #BlueUmbrellaDay 2024 was officially our biggest campaign to date – the statistics are staggering. The campaign grew well beyond our global membership, and the #BlueUmbrellaDay message to #ProtectBoysBetter reached over one million people online, and 23,000 participated in person. It's no better time then now, to keep growing the campaign! The next step? We're calling on our global community to join us: 🌐 Help us declare April 16th an International Day to Protect Boys from Sexual Violence 🌐 📝 Learn more, and sign the petition https://buff.ly/3BYgl3L #SignThePetition #ProtectBoysBetter #BlueUmbrellaDay

HUGE announcement ☔️ #BlueUmbrellaDay continues growing! 📍Manila 🇵🇭 This week, at the Maging Solusyon *International Conference on Building Solutions to Child Sexual Abuse* run by our members CPTCSA, a number of our changemakers from around the world gathered to collectively launch the next big step for our global #BlueUmbrellaDay campaign. ☔️ JOIN US ☔️ We’re on a quest to declare April 16 #BlueUmbrellaDay an International Day to Protect Boys from Sexual Violence ☔️ 📝 Sign the petition to join the call: https://buff.ly/3A3idb0 Why is this important? #BlueUmbrellaDay is not just a day; it is a movement—an urgent global call to recognise, support, and protect boys from sexual violence. We believe that protecting boys from sexual violence complements and strengthens the essential efforts being made to prevent violence against ALL children, including girls. Your signature can help ensure that boys who have experienced sexual violence receive the recognition, support, and justice they deserve. Help us in making #BlueUmbrellaDay a globally recognised day of commemoration. 
 📝 The movement needs you 🔗 sign here https://buff.ly/3A3idb0 More updates from the conference to come!

Let’s look at 💰 How does #KinshipCare compare to institutional care? Swipe ➡️for some examples from our global #KinshipCareGuidance. #KinshipCare can save money – while keeping more children safe. However, it needs to be properly supported. 🔗 Learn about #GlobalKinshipCareWeek here: https://lnkd.in/gSErrkwx #KinshipCare #SupportKinshipCare #FamilyForEveryChild #GlobalCampaign #ChangemakersForChildren #TogetherForChange #CallToAction #CallForChange 

Earlier this year, we released "How to support Kinship Care: Lessons learnt from around the world", the first ever Global Guidance for supporting Kinship Care. Through conversations with hundreds of practitioners and organisations around the world, examples were gathered to understand what has been, and what can be done to support kinship care on a global scale. Swipe ➡️ to see examples from 🇬🇧, 🇦🇺,🇰🇪 and 🇳🇿. #KinshipCare #SupportKinshipCare #FamilyForEveryChild #GlobalCampaign #ChangemakersForChildren #TogetherForChange #CallToAction #CallForChange 

Around the globe, thousands of grandparents have had to take on the #KinshipCare of their grandchildren. We talked to families all over the world – including Australia and New Zealand – to gather insights and examples. In Australia, families expressed the need for better financial support. In New Zealand, a charity called Grandparents Raising Grandchildren is dedicated solely to supporting these types of Kinship Care families… …because there are more of them than you’d think, and they need support to be able to provide the best care. #GlobalKinshipCareWeek aims to raise awareness of all Kinship Care families. 💬 taken from Family For Every Child’s Global Kinship Care Guidance. #KinshipCare #SupportKinshipCare #FamilyForEveryChild #GlobalCampaign #ChangemakersForChildren #TogetherForChange #CallToAction #CallForChange

#GlobalKinshipCareWeek is being observed around the globe, and we're thrilled to hear about the different events and individual campaigns that our members have been pulling together to raise awareness for #KinshipCare, and why it needs to be recognised and better supported. In 📍 Liberia 🇱🇷 , our member organisation Children Assistance Programme have been gathering to observe and celebrate #GlobalKinshipCareWeek, to educate their community on kinship care, and to share ways in which #KinshipCare can be better supported. Let's continue growing this campaign through digital and in person advocacy! 🔗 Find out more here: https://buff.ly/4eUWwc0 #GlobalKinshipCareWeek #KinshipCareWeek #KinshipCare #SupportKinshipCare #FamilyForEveryChild #GlobalCampaign #ChangemakersForChildren #TogetherForChange #CallToAction #CallForChange

It’s #GlobalKinshipCareWeek! So, what actually are some types of kinship care? Swipe to find out  ➡️ We’re raising our hats to all of the kinship carers who are keeping children safe, supported and looked after, around the globe 🌐 #KinshipCare #SupportKinshipCare #FamilyForEveryChild #GlobalCampaign #ChangemakersForChildren #TogetherForChange #CallToAction #CallForChange