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A SAFE CHILDHOOD TO EVEN MORE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN EAST AFRICA
In these days, where we all must keep good distance, we have successfully completed the second digital introduction seminar in collaboration with our partners SOS Children's Villages in East Africa. Our digital seminars are part of our joint upscaling effort, where we...
Globalnyt writes about Fairstart
"The world is already facing great challenges, and if we don't do anything, the 70 million children without parental contact, who don't get help, can become a burden rather than a resource for the world society."Niels Peter Rygaard GlobalNew has written an article...
2020 APA INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD
The American Psychological Association (APA) has awarded Fairstart's head of research and founder Niels Peter Rygaard their international award for humanitarian work. The award is given for his many years of dedication and humanitarian efforts for vulnerable and...
CONGRATULATIONS to many foster parents in Greenland!
CONGRATULATIONS to the many caring, skilled, and dedicated foster parents in Greenland with their newly acquired and well-deserved diploma! Since fall 2019 foster parens throughout Greenland have met up in local groups and been taught in relation-based caregiving....
WE PROTECT AND PROMOTE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN GREENLAND 🇬🇱💚
Yesterday we attended a important dialogue meeting with the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz in the UN city in Copenhagen. Together with other central actors and experts in the situation with children in Greenland, we...
New instructor class at SOS Children’s Villages in Zanzibar
20 dedicated upcoming SOS-Fairstart instructors have in this week participated in our introduction seminar in SOS Children's Village in Zanzibar - SOS Children's Villages Tanzania and Zanzibar💚THANK YOU so much for your curiosity and contributions. We are...
2020 BEGINS WITH A JOYFUL REUNION WITH OUR SKILLED FAIRSTART INSTRUCTORS IN UPERNAVIK, GREENLAND 🇬🇱💚
North of the Arctic Circle, together with The National Agency for Social Affairs in Greenland, we have held a seminar, as a central part of the implementation of our joint efforts to strengthen the care and development of exposed and placed children and young people....
Listen to Niels Peter Rygaard talk about attachement in the radio programmet “Forældreintra” on radio24syv
"Parents today are completely in a fix because they have to invent themselves as parents" The radio show Forældreintra (Parent intra) on radio 24syv has invited psychologist and Fairstarts head of education Niels Peter Rygaard to talk about attachement - and why it is...