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EveryChild highlights UN International Day of Families
13 May 2010 - May 15th is UN International Day of Families
Congratulations to our Virgin London Marathon runners!
28 Apr 2010 - EveryChild would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that ran the London Marathon.
Every Child Deserves a Family: New celebrity-backed online campaign launched today
14 Apr 2010 - EveryChild launches new online campaign- Every child deserves a family
Children’s charity EveryChild launches a new brand
15 Mar 2010 - EveryChild, the international children’s charity, is rebranding with a new logo to reflect the organisation’s focus on stopping children growing up vulnerable and alone.
Celebrating mothers around the world on Mother’s Day
10 Mar 2010 - Watch our photo feature which celebrates amazing mums from Cambodia, Azerbaijan, India, Malawi and Guyana.
EveryChild warns against international adoptions and building orphanages in response to the Haitian earthquake
21 Jan 2010 - EveryChild, the international children’s charity has joined with other international children’s organisations to call for an urgent moratorium on all adoptions from Haiti to ensure that children are not left vulnerable to trafficking, or separated from surviving family members.
EveryChild helps publish a report on child rights in Ukraine
05 Jan 2010 - EveryChild Ukraine has worked alongside a coalition of Ukrainian NGOs to publish a report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in Ukraine.
EveryChild takes part in online conversation hosted by the Royal Commonwealth Society
02 Dec 2009 - To celebrate the commonwealth turning 60 in 2009, the Royal Commonwealth Society is facilitating the largest, global dialogue ever undertaken between the peoples of the Commonwealth about their association.
World AIDS Day - EveryChild research on HIV/AIDs and residential care in Africa
01 Dec 2009 - Today is World AIDS Day and to mark the event EveryChild is releasing some initial findings from a new research project that is exploring the links between HIV and AIDS and the placing of children in institutions.
UN guidelines on the alternative care of children unanimously agreed in New York
23 Nov 2009 - EveryChild is delighted that on Friday 20th November the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly welcomed by consensus the Guidelines on the Alternative Care of Children, exactly 20 years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Today we are launching a new report, Missing: Children without parental care in international development policy
20 Nov 2009 - 20 years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, EveryChild warns there are at least 24 million children growing up without a parent and in poor countries their number is growing rapidly.
Worst floods in 100 years hit India
13 Oct 2009 - One and a half million people have been affected by severe flooding caused by heavy rains at the beginning of October in North Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
EveryChild Ukraine establishes country's first emergency foster care family
10 Sep 2009 - EveryChild has helped to establish the first emergencyfoster care service in Ukraine. In doing so EveryChild has challenged a law that denies abandoned children the right to a family.
EveryChild in Kyrgyzstan makes Day of Play an annual event
05 Aug 2009 - Following the success of EveryChild Kyrgyzstan’s 'Day of Play' in 2008, children have once again benefitted from a similar event held at the end of July.
EveryChild shortlisted for Third Sector award
20 Jul 2009 - EveryChild is happy to announce that our Communications & Advocacy Team has been shortlisted for a Third Sector Excellence Award.
EveryChild responds to DFID white paper and G8
09 Jul 2009 - EveryChild is disappointed that the UK Government’s new white paper, Building our common future, and commitments undertaken by the G8 leaders this week, fail to adequately address the rights of children in developing countries.
UN Human Rights Council supports new international standards on childcare
24 Jun 2009 - veryChild is pleased to announce that the UN Human Rights Council has adopted an important resolution which affects the UN guidelines on alternative care for children.
EveryChild in Daily Mail on Malawi orphans
17 Jun 2009 - The Daily Mail today features an opinion piece by Anna Feuchtwang, Chief Executive of EveryChild, commenting on alternatives to intercountry adoption and children’s homes in Malawi in answer to the HIV and AIDS crisis.
Madonna's adoption approved: EveryChild responds
11 Jun 2009 - The Malawian High Court has ruled in favour of Madonna’s adoption appeal. Chifundo ‘Mercy’ James will now be adopted by Madonna. International charities and human rights organisations have reacted with concern.
World Day Against Child Labour
11 Jun 2009 - On World Day Against Child Labour, the international children’s charity, EveryChild warns that there are still 218 million child labourers worldwide, and 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work.
EveryChild warns that global recession leading to more children being abandoned and exploited
14 May 2009 - Today, on the UN International Day of the Family (Friday), international development charity EveryChild is warning that the global recession is leading to more children being abandoned, trafficked and exploited across the world.
EveryChild welcomes report on looked-after children in England but warns against a return to children's homes
21 Apr 2009 - A UK parliamentary select committee has called for a radical overhaul of the care system in England.
EveryChild helps change law in Ukraine
08 Apr 2009 - EveryChild has won another victory in the battle to keep children out of children’s homes in Ukraine. Partly thanks to a campaign run by EveryChild, the Ukrainian government has changed the law so that all possible options will be explored before a child is placed in a children’s home.
Up to 35,000 protesters march for G20 rally!
29 Mar 2009 - A new movement was born on 28 March 2009, as 35,000 people marched through London calling on leaders for an economy that delivers decent jobs and public services for all, an end to global poverty and inequality, and a green economy.
EveryChild India launches innovative Child Tracking System
19 Mar 2009 - EveryChild India and local partner organisation the Child Rights Trust are launching a new Child Tracking System in Southern India.
UN recognises work of EveryChild India
26 Feb 2009 - EveryChild India and local partner organisation Neighbourhood Community Network (NCN) have been recognised for their contributions to a Children’s Parliament in Southern India.
Ethiopia- Repressive new law
12 Feb 2009 - A new law passed by the Ethiopian Parliament in January appears to have been designed to place restrictions on the campaigning activities of organisations in Ethiopia that receive foreign funding.
Moldova: One Step Closer to Shutting down Soviet era children's homes
20 Jan 2009 - The Moldovan Government has approved groundbreaking National Foster Care Standards.
EveryChild on BBC World News
06 Jan 2009 - See our Chief Executive, Anna Feuchtwang, speaking on BBC News on behalf of children's charity EveryChild in the run up to Universal Children's Day
EveryChild film wins top European Media Award
27 Nov 2008 - The Road Home, a film jointly produced film by EveryChild about the realities and effects of institutional childcare in Russia, has been awarded an Erasmus EuroMedia Award Medal.
Recession will massively increase the number of children growing up alone, warns EveryChild on Universal Children's Day
20 Nov 2008 - EveryChild is warning that the number of children who will become separated from their families and communities over the next decade will massively increase due to issues like global recession, armed conflict, natural disasters, HIV and AIDS.
EveryChild a contender for Third Sector Excellence Award
10 Nov 2008 - EveryChild has been nominated for a prestigious Third Sector Excellence Award.
World food crisis
02 Oct 2008 - In response to the worldwide food crisis, EveryChild will be carrying out a four month feeding programme to support the most vulnerable children in our programmes in Africa.
New campaign to tackle child abandoment in Ukraine
24 Sep 2008 - Vulnerable single mothers in Ukraine are being targeted in a new campaign launched by EveryChild’s Ukraine team, aiming to radically reduce the number of babies being abandoned into Soviet-era baby homes.
EveryChild Director speaks on inter-country adoption on BBC
06 Aug 2008 - EveryChild’s Global Programmes Director, Amanda Griffith, joined a live on-air debate on inter-country adoption this week on BBC Radio Five Live.
BBC documentary asks EveryChild supporters
20 Jul 2008 - What do people get out of giving to charity? A good question and one which EveryChild's generous supporters were only too keen to answer in a new BBC radio documentary.
Stop bonded child labour on World Day Against Child Labour
11 Jun 2008 - In India, the world’s child labour capital, 15 million children exist as slaves, toiling under the horrific practice of bonded labour.
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