International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Image: Augustina Onyinye Ugbana (CPF) and Basamba Drammeh (TASWIG) In a significant step toward enhancing social work practices in The Gambia, The Association of Social Workers in The Gambia (TASWIG) […]

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A lack of financial and emotional support for kinship carers could push up to 18,000 children into an already overstretched foster care system Children are being “plunged into ­poverty”, a charity says, because of a lack of support for kinship ­carers – relatives or family friends who step in to look after children after a crisis. Kinship carers, who are often grandparents, are twice as likely as other adults to rely on food banks and four times as likely to fall behind on their bills, according

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International Federation of Social Workers

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Image : Augustina Onyinye Ugbana (CPF) et Basamba Drammeh (TASWIG) Dans une démarche importante visant à améliorer les pratiques du travail social en Gambie, l’Association des Travailleurs Sociaux de Gambie […]

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The Guardian

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Derbyshire authority proposes asking for up to £113 a week for children in care under voluntary arrangements A cash-strapped English council is considering charging parents of children taken into local authority care half of the weekly cost of looking after them. Derbyshire county council said “unprecedented financial challenges” meant it had little option but to “maximise alternative sources of income” to try to reduce the strain on its children’s services.

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The Institute of International Education, a global not-for-profit organization facilitating international exchanges, requested CRISP meet with three senior-level professionals participating in the Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program on Leadership sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. These Fellows, part of a cohort of a dozen government and nonprofit sector dignitaries, are on an 18-day visit to the United States.

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