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En enero del año 2019 se inicia un trabajo de incidencia con la Secretaría de Bienestar Social (SBS), para firma de un convenio con la iniciativa CTWWC. El cual fue firmado el 27 de marzo de 2019, a partir de ese día se acuerda trabajar con el Programa de Protección Especial de Primera Infancia (Hogar Temporal Zacapa). El cual fue elegido para implementar el proceso de manejo de casos orientado a la reunificación y reintegración planificada de los NNA. Así mismo se acuerda trabajar con NNA que sean originarios del Departamento de Zacapa, considerando que la iniciativa escogió el…
Changing the Way We Care entered into an agreement with the Secretariat of Social Welfare (SBS) to use the department of Zacapa in Guatemala as a demonstration area for the Special Early Childhood Protection Program (Temporary Protection Home of Zacapa), selected to implement the case management methodology towards planned children reunification and reintegration of children and adolescents who are originally from the Zacapa department. One of the goals of the initiative is to implement best practices to prevent unnecessary family separation and strengthen families by identifying primary…
Following increased international attention and criticism since 2000 of the dramatic escalation in the numbers of Guatemalan children being unethically placed into intercountry adoptions, the country passed a new adoption law in 2007 and imposed an intercountry adoption moratorium until a stronger child protection system could be operationalized to ensure the safety and rights of children and their families. Despite some efforts at gatekeeping, children, however, continued to be admitted into child-care institutions without a systematic determination of their best…
This RELAF booklet, Application of the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, is a child-friendly guide to the Guidelines of for the Alternative Care of Children meant for children and adolescents to inform them of their right to live with their families and make that right a reality. This book is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Guidelines, which state that all children should be cared for and protected if they cannot live with their parents or are at risk of losing that care, offering recommendations for how decisions…
The report documents the baseline study of institutions that provide care and shelter to institutionalized children and adolescents in Guatemala and helped determine the state of children and adolescents that live in those institutions. The following specific objectives were developed in order to achieve the general objective:
- To identify the number of institutions that provide care to institutionalized children and adolescents, the locations of these homes as well as their technical capacity, infrastructure and access to care resources.
- To determine the main…