The right to family and community life, its practices and challenges in the adaptation of the Child Protection Systems in LAC

In April, María and Matilde (RELAF’s working team) travelled to San José to hold a Workshop Seminar aimed at the representatives of several Save the Children national offices, their national partners, and the regional office. The Seminar, called “The right to family and community life, its practices and challenges in the adaptation of the Child Protection Systems in LAC to guarantee it”, had the participation of STC Bolivia, Abrinqu Foundation from Brazil, Paniamor Foundation from Costa Rica, STC El Salvador, STC Haiti, STC Nicaragua and the Human Rights Ombudsman from said country, STC Mexico,  Global Infancia Paraguay, STC Peru, STC Sweden, STC USA, STC Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office, REDLAMYC, and STC’s Global Child Protection Initiative.

During the Seminar, the participants proved to be very receptive to the pieces of research and knowledge produced by RELAF, the approach based on the right to family life and the regional strategy to achieve the fulfilment of said right. In this way, it was possible to work on concrete development proposals for each of the countries in which STC has a strong presence. We value STC Sweden’s support, which provided the necessary funds to organise the Seminar. This agency also had an active participation during the Seminar, together with STC USA representative. It is worthwhile to highlight the importance of STC’s commitment to work to solve the issue of children without appropriate parental care in our region together with the technical assistance provided by RELAF.