Round Table Meeting regarding Child and Family Care Systems in South Africa with South African Child Rights Commissioner,
Government, UNICEF, Save the Children, Civil Society GCF and Patricia Martin from (Advocacy Aid)
Linking and learning visit to Sweden, organised and supported financially by UNICEF and GCF. Attendees: South African Human Right Commission, Children’s Commissioner, The Presidency, SA Parliament, Centre for Child Law, UNICEF, SA Business, Swedish Embassy and GCF.
Dialogues with 181 local children regarding family and community care.
15 Radio presentations on various family and child protection matters.
Pilot for De-Institutionalisation of GCF Temporary Safe Care, funded and started called “Back to Family”.
Justice4Chidren workshops were facilitated at GCF with delegates from Ethiopia.
Safeguarding partnership sessions held throughout four African countries.
Establishment of a Policy and Research Department which later became Programme Analysis Department.
Meeting with National Department of Social Development Minister regarding the motivation move of the Organisational Readiness for Change (ORC) office to Presidency.
GCF and Save the Children held meetings with Civil Societies, UNICEF and Academia regarding the need for a Coalition of some kind specifically for children’s matters and voices.
