Comments for The CFAB Blog http://blog.cfab.org.uk 'Protecting children and reuniting families across borders' Tue, 15 May 2012 13:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The reputation of Social Work by louise http://blog.cfab.org.uk/?p=193#comment-496 louise Tue, 15 May 2012 13:08:29 +0000 http://www.cfab.uk.net/blog/?p=193#comment-496 Who sings the articules? There is never a name Who sings the articules? There is never a name

]]> Comment on Protecting Foreign Prisoners Children by Caratsch Cilgia http://blog.cfab.org.uk/?p=142#comment-320 Caratsch Cilgia Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:33:40 +0000 http://www.cfab.uk.net/blog/?p=142#comment-320 Very interesting project. Are you aware of any mediation programmes for children and incarcerated parents? Very interesting project. Are you aware of any mediation programmes for children and incarcerated parents?

]]> Comment on CFAB’s Child Protection Lecture on Child Trafficking by Mary Bush http://blog.cfab.org.uk/?p=181#comment-306 Mary Bush Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:51:55 +0000 http://www.cfab.uk.net/blog/?p=181#comment-306 <a href="http://jolenemaloney.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Jolene Maloney, Boise ID</a> I great to know that such programs like CFAB’s Child Protection Lecture on Child Trafficking was held and also knowing that many people are still concerned regarding such issue and problems. . Jolene Maloney, Boise ID
I great to know that such programs like CFAB’s Child Protection Lecture on Child Trafficking was held and also knowing that many people are still concerned regarding such issue and problems. .

]]> Comment on Neil Morrissey – Care Home Kid by care homes surrey http://blog.cfab.org.uk/?p=177#comment-282 care homes surrey Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:51:26 +0000 http://www.cfab.uk.net/blog/?p=177#comment-282 The latest BBC documentary about Neil Morrissey’s childhood in care is absolutely an important thing to watch for those who are directly or indirectly involved with the child care or any other children care institutes. I fully agree with the overall thought here established and yes, i also take it absolutely granted that children in their adolescence should be taken sincere care with all kind of mental freshness and support to built for their well-built future. This blog is a must watch one. The latest BBC documentary about Neil Morrissey’s childhood in care is absolutely an important thing to watch for those who are directly or indirectly involved with the child care or any other children care institutes. I fully agree with the overall thought here established and yes, i also take it absolutely granted that children in their adolescence should be taken sincere care with all kind of mental freshness and support to built for their well-built future. This blog is a must watch one.

]]> Comment on Neil Morrissey – Care Home Kid by Julie Parker http://blog.cfab.org.uk/?p=177#comment-193 Julie Parker Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:35:22 +0000 http://www.cfab.uk.net/blog/?p=177#comment-193 Dear Neil, Your recent programme on BBC2 was compulsive viewing and 100% on the button, you are so correct in what you say about the after care for children in care. They need support at this very vulnerable age some sort of Grandmother/Grandfather (Acting) figure in their lives to check them, see how they are coping, emotional support as well. Its true about 18 years and being cut off. Good luck to you please keep and the good work on the awareness of young people in care. Dear Neil,
Your recent programme on BBC2 was compulsive viewing and 100% on the button, you are so correct in what you say about the after care for children in care. They need support at this very vulnerable age some sort of Grandmother/Grandfather (Acting)
figure in their lives to check them, see how they are coping, emotional support as well. Its true about 18 years and being cut off.

Good luck to you please keep and the good work on the awareness of young people in care.

]]> Comment on About by Mary Chapman http://blog.cfab.org.uk/?page_id=2#comment-11 Mary Chapman Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:22:34 +0000 http://www.cfab.uk.net/blog/?page_id=2#comment-11 Dear Sir/Madam, We publish a series of A-level student project books called Issues. The books deal with contemporary social issues and contain information from a variety of sources including newspapers, magazines, lobby groups and government statistics. The aim of the series is to provide a wide range of opinions and up-to-date information. We are currently researching a new book on the issue of child exploitation. We are considering including some information from your organisation's web site www.cfab.uk.net. I would therefore be very grateful if you could send me the name and e-mail address of the relevant person to contact regarding a request to reproduce information from your organisation's web site. If you feel there would be a problem with copyright, please do let me know. I would appreciate it if you could contact me with some urgency, as our deadline is very close. Yours sincerely Mary Chapman Research Department Independence Educational Publishers The Studio High Green Great Shelford Cambridge CB22 5EG Tel. +44 (0) 1223 550801 Fax. +44 (0) 1223 550806 E-mail: mary@independence.co.uk http://www.independence.co.uk Dear Sir/Madam,

We publish a series of A-level student project books called Issues. The books deal with contemporary social issues and contain information from a variety of sources including newspapers, magazines, lobby groups and government statistics. The aim of the series is to provide a wide range of opinions and up-to-date information. We are currently researching a new book on the issue of child exploitation.

We are considering including some information from your organisation’s web site http://www.cfab.uk.net. I would therefore be very grateful if you could send me the name and e-mail address of the relevant person to contact regarding a request to reproduce information from your organisation’s web site. If you feel there would be a problem with copyright, please do let me know.

I would appreciate it if you could contact me with some urgency, as our deadline is very close.

Yours sincerely

Mary Chapman
Research Department

Independence Educational Publishers
The Studio
High Green
Great Shelford
Cambridge
CB22 5EG

Tel. +44 (0) 1223 550801
Fax. +44 (0) 1223 550806
E-mail: mary@independence.co.uk
http://www.independence.co.uk

]]> Comment on 10,000 invisible children by Janet Wallace http://blog.cfab.org.uk/?p=38#comment-2 Janet Wallace Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:14:43 +0000 http://www.cfab.uk.net/blog/?p=38#comment-2 It is rightly noted that people who enter into private arrangements to care for other people's children have a legal responsibility to inform social services but more often than not, they don't and 'Climbie' is only the tip of the iceberg. One of my typical examples of such arrangement is of a 13-year-old girl who was brought to this country as a maid and I could go as far as, I hate to say, a 'slave'. She had been smuggled into this country on one of the woman's daughter's passport under the guise of a birth daughter. This girl was made to look after the woman's three very young children while the woman spent most of the nights in church, cook and feed the children but the only way she could get anything to eat was to sock a pot in which she had cooked the food, scrape the bottom and eat the soggy bits. She was beaten up if the food got burnt which often was the case given she had not seen or cooked on a cooker in her life. Unbeknown to the woman, I happen to come from the same country as her, Uganda, so I was able to pull out all the stops as I can speak a few Ugandan dialect. Drawing from my familiarity with Ugandan mobile networks, I could figure out the missing mobile codes to the numbers that were presented to us and I managed to interview the girl's so called uncle in Uganda over the phone. The truth was, this woman was not related to the girl - she had been bartered by her so clever uncle in return for financial support to her mother and siblings in Uganda. She was removed from her care. My point is that we can not rely on the good will of those people who illegally bring children to this country only to mistreat, abuse and at worst kill them. Under the 'Working Together', Education, Health, SSD etc have a responsibility for the welfare of children. In other wards, schools, hospitals, GPs and churches should report the existence of children who suddenly appear and belong to a particular family, to SSD as those children are more likely to have contact with those services than with SSD. I also hope that the community can do the same. It is rightly noted that people who enter into private arrangements to care for other people’s children have a legal responsibility to inform social services but more often than not, they don’t and ‘Climbie’ is only the tip of the iceberg.

One of my typical examples of such arrangement is of a 13-year-old girl who was brought to this country as a maid and I could go as far as, I hate to say, a ‘slave’. She had been smuggled into this country on one of the woman’s daughter’s passport under the guise of a birth daughter. This girl was made to look after the woman’s three very young children while the woman spent most of the nights in church, cook and feed the children but the only way she could get anything to eat was to sock a pot in which she had cooked the food, scrape the bottom and eat the soggy bits. She was beaten up if the food got burnt which often was the case given she had not seen or cooked on a cooker in her life.

Unbeknown to the woman, I happen to come from the same country as her, Uganda, so I was able to pull out all the stops as I can speak a few Ugandan dialect. Drawing from my familiarity with Ugandan mobile networks, I could figure out the missing mobile codes to the numbers that were presented to us and I managed to interview the girl’s so called uncle in Uganda over the phone. The truth was, this woman was not related to the girl – she had been bartered by her so clever uncle in return for financial support to her mother and siblings in Uganda. She was removed from her care.

My point is that we can not rely on the good will of those people who illegally bring children to this country only to mistreat, abuse and at worst kill them. Under the ‘Working Together’, Education, Health, SSD etc have a responsibility for the welfare of children. In other wards, schools, hospitals, GPs and churches should report the existence of children who suddenly appear and belong to a particular family, to SSD as those children are more likely to have contact with those services than with SSD. I also hope that the community can do the same.

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