»School for life: Empowerment of children left behind by migrating parents in Moldova«

Ekvilib Institute, together with a partner organisation Moldova Child Rights Information Centre (CRIC), is launching a development cooperation project, which aims at empowering children whose parents have migrated to foreign countires (children left behind by migrating parents).

In the spotlight:

Child Rights Information Centre Moldova (CRIC) and Ekvilib Inštitut invite you to attend national conference „Psycho-pedagogical and social assistance of children left behind: achievements and future perspectives” which will take place in Chişinău (Moldova) on 23^rd September 2011, starting with 09:30, at Institutul Muncii, 10, Zimbrului str. We kindly ask you to confirm the participation by 19^th September 2011 at latest on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Programme of the conference

Project's objectives are:

- by building capacities of individuals (with an emphasis on teachers),working with the target group, to mitigate the negative consequences of migration and absence of parents on children during separation

- empower children by developing life skills and organizing free time activities for facilitating children’s participation at the community and school level

- raising administration and public awareness of the consequences of parents' departure abroad on children's development in order to advocate for more sensitive school curricula and adopt a national strategy for the protection of children left without parental care due to migration.

Partner of the project:

Child Rights Information Center from Moldova

Associate partners are:

- »URMA TA« SRL (media partner)

- National Youth Resource Centre Moldova

- Non-Governmental Organisation »Generatia Mileniul III«

- District Department for Education, Youth and Sports Falesti

- Secondary School from Hirova

- The theatre of the Oppresses – Vienna Group

Project is co financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.

Background:

Every third Moldovan child is separated from one or both parents because of migration for periods up to 7 years. According to the data provided by the Ministry of Education and Youth on September 1, 2008, were registered 33000 children of school age left without the care of both parents, and not less than 77000 children with a parent abroad. In the same time, reports from different NGOs and researches in the field, as well as reports from teachers involved in CRIC projects state these figures are, at least, 3 times bigger. Without parents’ support children encounter many problems related to their development and become vulnerable to various emotional and social risks.