Women and Kids Faith to Action

Faith to Action is excited to be part of the International Alternative Care Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the 2016 edition of the annual conferences hosted jointly by the International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE) and the Centre for Children’s Rights Studies at the University of Geneva (CIDE). For this “international alternative care conference”, the two hosts are partnering with several concerned international agencies that make up the Steering Group.

The conference provides a bridge between research, policy and practice in the overall sphere of alternative care, and a much-needed space for discussion and exchange among experts, practitioners, academics, researchers, government representatives and young people with experience of alternative care. The conference will enable those involved with alternative care issues to participate in an exceptional exercise in mutual learning and networking— helping us to move forward with necessary reforms in line with the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.

Participants will review the current status and thinking on alternative care and will examine promising practices for the prevention of family breakdown, family-strengthening, and the provision of quality forms of alternative care, as well as pinpointing remaining challenges and obstacles for putting the Guidelines into practice.

On October 3rd, Faith to Action’s Sarah Gesiriech joins ACCI Relief’s Rebecca Nhep and CAFO’s Nicole Wilke to host a poster during the Family Support and Prevention Session. The poster is entitled “Engaging Christian Faith Communities in Care Reform.” This session helps provide an opportunity for better networking and information exchange with other conference participants.

On October 5th, Faith to Action will be moderating a panel “De-Institutionalisation including 0-3 group” with the following panelists: Jean-Claude Legrand, UNICEF; Delia Pop, Hope and Homes for Children; Matilde Luna, RELAF; and Tata Sudrajat, Save the Children.

The conference will be held October 3-5, 2016 at the International Conference Centre in Geneva (CICG). The confirmed conference languages are English and French. Refer to the agenda and conference website for more information.

Please follow Faith to Action via Twitter @FaithToAction during the conference or to connect in person in Geneva.