MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN OF CHILE

RELAF met Maria Estela Ortiz Rojas, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Children in Chile, aiming to further strengthen the process of deinstitutionalisation in that country.

Continuing the Agenda conducted in October by Matilde Luna, where she held meetings with several key actors of the Chilean Comprehensive Protection System, as Maria Estela Ortiz Rojas, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Children of Chile, Estela Ortiz met with RELAF once again, this time in Buenos Aires, to continue the discussion and exchange about the situation in Chile.

Currently, there are about 600 children under 3 living in institutions in Chile. Our goal is to eradicate this practice in the Chilean children protection system. In that sense, and in order to further strengthen the process of deinstitutionalisation, RELAF has been working for some time in that country, and is evaluating, together with UNICEF Chile, cooperation possibilities there for the coming year.