Integration and Reintegration of
Children on the Move
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Globally, an estimated 50 million children are on the move - leaving home, their communities and sometimes their countries for work or to escape violence, conflict, poverty or discrimination. Others may be displaced and separated, or taken from families against their will for exploitation of various kinds. While children are on the move around the world for a multitude of reasons and in a wide range of contexts, their experiences tend to be characterised by a lack of care and concern for their best interests by those with whom they come into contact.
Promoting the effective integration and reintegration of children on the move is an urgent priority as all regions grapple with extraordinary levels of conflict, disasters, mass migration, poverty and violence. In this How We Care series we examine how three of our Members are responding to this through their programming.
In 2016 Family for Every Child published global interagency Guidelines on Children’s Reintegration, which provide the legal and policy frameworks and principles for children’s reintegration, as well as guidance on various aspects of work with individual children and families.
Programme 1: METAdrasi
Athens, Greece
Supported Independent Living (SIL) programme for unaccompanied minors
An overview of the programme (2 mins)
Briefing Paper - ENGLISH
Briefing Paper - ESPANOL
Illustration - ENGLISH
Illustration - ESPANOL
Programme 2: Taller de Vida
Bogotá, Colombia
Art therapy for the reintegration of children in armed conflict
An overview of the programme (2 mins) - ENGLISH
An overview of the programme (2 mins) - ESPANOL
Briefing Paper - ENGLISH
Briefing Paper - ESPANOL
Illustration - ENGLISH
Illustration - ESPANOL
Programme 3: Uyisenga Ni Imanzi
Uyisenga Ni Imanzi - facilitating children's reintegration into society across Rwanda, and promoting their rights in families and communities
Kigali, Rwanda
Programme for the reintegration of street-connected children
An overview of the programme (2 mins)
Briefing Paper - ENGLISH
Briefing Paper - ESPANOL
Illustration - ENGLISH
Illustration - ESPANOL
Further case studies on this theme
Below we present the work of three more Family for Every Child members on the same theme. These briefing papers focus on the models and practices being implemented by three local civil society organisations (CSOs) based in Ghana, Ethiopia and Senegal, to provide support for children on the move. As well as outlining the processes used in their models and the impacts that these practices have had, the papers also describe some of the ongoing challenges that these CSOs face in providing the necessary support to children on the move within their contexts.
Case Study 1: Challenging Heights
Ghana
ENGLISH
FRANCAIS
Case Study 2: ENDA Jeunesse Action
Sénégal
ENGLISH
FRANCAIS
Case Study 3: FSCE
Forum on Sustainable Child Empowerment, Ethiopia
ENGLISH
FRANCAIS
