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MAGAZINE FOR SUPPORTERS OF EVERYCHILD WINTER 2010 | WWW.EVERYCHILD.ORG.UK

Also in this issue:

Showing the wayin Russia

Our people -Payal Saksena

Campaigningfor change

Forced bypoverty to

marryyoungchild brides

in Malawi



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A s we come to the end of 2010, I am delighted to

introduce you to the Winter issue of ChildWorld

which is full of exciting achievements and

inspiring stories of children who, with your

support, are now able to enjoy their childhoods.

Last year EveryChild helped just under 50,000 children remain

with their families, protected around 22,000 children living

alone without the safety of a family, and reunited 2,200

children with their families. Find out how to download our

2009/10 Annual Review to learn more about our

achievements at the back of ChildWorld.

In our cover story you will hear from EveryChild’s Chloe Kay

about her experiences in Malawi meeting children and

families supported by EveryChild. She tells us how EveryChild is

helping young girls escape early marriages and stay in school.

On page 6 you can also read about our exciting new work in

Kenya and Tanzania.

In 2010 we called on world leaders to prioritise the care and

protection of children in their plans to achieve the Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs). You can find out more about

this, and how we will continue to lobby decision-makers in the

post-MDG framework, on page16.

I hope you enjoyed the seasonal festivities and, on behalf of

everybody at EveryChild, thank you for helping us to provide

thousands of children the chance to have spent this year in aloving, family environment.

We wish you a very happy New Year.

Anna Feuchtwang Chief Executive

Cover photo

Sevia, from Malawi, is married

and has dropped out of

school. She says she is 16 but

a local EveryChild community

worker believes she is actually12 or 13. Find out more about

her story on page11.

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ChildWorld Welcome02

Anna Feuchtwang welcome



Contents

Contents ChildWorld03

04 NewsFrom around the world

06 Reaching new frontiersOur new work in Tanzania and Kenya

08 Feedback Our summer appeal

09 Our peopleQ&A with Payal Saksena, India

10 Forced by poverty to marry youngChild brides in Malawi

16 Campaigning for changeAchieving the MillenniumDevelopment Goals

18 Our supportersLatest news

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1st June 2010 marked the celebration of International Children’s Day

across the world. In Cambodia, to celebrate this important date, the

Cambodia National Council for Children (CNCC) organized an event

attended by over 3,000 children in the capital Phnom Penh. The event

was supported by the government, EveryChild and other organisations.

Three children - Sokha, Rithy and Lyly (pictured on the right ) – spoke on

behalf of all Cambodian children to appeal to parents, school teachers

and the government to increase interventions to protect their rights. They

asked parents to end the practice of young children being forced intolabour and early marriage. And they called on the government to make

1st June a national holiday to allow parents to spend time with their children.

Celebrating children in Cambodia

News

EveryChild and other non-governmental

organisations (NGOs) in Ukraine have

successfully lobbied the Ukraine government

to halt investment in the expansion of

residential care in the Kyiv region. Thanks to

our lobbying, in July 2010, we were delighted

to hear the government announce that no

more institutions will be built and that reforms to

systems of residential care will commence.

This major policy change was a result of

EveryChild and other NGOs responding to a

previous announcement made by the

Ukrainian Prime Minister to commit resources

to the revival and further development of

institutions. We appealed against the funding

of new institutions and the resulting shift away

from strengthening and supporting families.

The announcement was reversed and the

government agreed to reform childcare.

‘Our appeal was based on a firm belief that

the best alternatives for children are provided

in a family environment where children receive

individual care and attention. The state,

communities and local authorities should

support parents in fulfilling their responsibilities,

and prioritise family-based options for children

deprived of parental care.’ said Vasylyna

Dybaylo of EveryChild Ukraine.

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Volodymyr Kuzminskyy, our CountryDirector in Ukraine, speaks to ajournalist following an interview onnational TV on EveryChild’scampaign against the government’splan to strengthen residential care.


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Showing the way in RussiaveryChild has just completed a major

project in St Petersburg focusing on

developing systems and services

to help keep families together andreduce the number of children

entering institutional care. The aim of the

project was to ensure that the individual needs

of vulnerable children are properly assessed to

reduce the number of children falling through

social security nets and unnecessarily ending

up in state care.

As part of the project, EveryChild set up working

groups, made up of social workers and otherpractitioners, to make informed decisions

about whether children would be better off

away from their families living in institutional

care, and discuss how parents can be better

supported to look after their children.

To present the results of the two and a half

year project, EveryChild held a conference

attended by over 250 childcare specialists,

government officials and other non-governmental organisations. A key outcome of

the project shared at the conference was that,

in one district of St Petersburg, our work resulted

in 35% fewer children being taken away from

their parents than in the previous year.

EveryChild celebrates International

Children’s Day every year with activities andspecial events held for children in our

programmes. These fun-packed events help

vulnerable children enjoy their childhood

through play and laughter. Last year, in

Cambodia, over 300 children attended the

celebration and had the chance to enjoy

the precious time they have as children.

Thank you to all sponsors who kindly

supported our celebrations in Cambodia.

The children love the celebrations and we

are grateful for your support.

Sergei Litvinov,First DeputyHead of SocialProtection forSt PetersburgCity, spoke atthe conference.

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The success of our project will now be used

to influence stronger systems and services

throughout Russia to prevent children

throughout the country unnecessarily livingapart from their parents.

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Reachingnewfrontiers

In Kenya and Tanzania, like in many

other countries in Africa, rising inflation,

unemployment, widespread poverty,

HIV and AIDS and migration to cities are

all contributing to a rise in the number of

children living without their families, and

those at risk of ending up on their own.

Many children who are separated from their

families end up living and working on the

streets, becoming involved in crime or being

commercially and sexually exploited. Girls

living on the streets are highly vulnerable to

exploitation and abuse and are often

involved in child prostitution just to survive.

Boys can find themselves in contact with the

law with very little access to legal

representation. Many children living with their

families are also vulnerable as they struggle

against violence in the home and extreme

poverty. Often children from poor families

have no choice but to work to help their

families make ends meet.

Keeping families together in Kenya

EveryChild has started working with a local

partner in Nairobi which supports families to

deal with social, emotional and financialchallenges so that they can stay together as

a family. By helping parents join microcredit

schemes, and enrolling them in business and

vocational skills training, our local partner

helps them secure a stable household income

to allow them to better care for their children,

send them to school and reduce the risk of

them having to migrate away for work.

Our local partner also supports a short-termcare centre where young mothers are provided

with counselling, educational and life skills

training to prepare them for their future lives.

New work is underway in Africa to reachout to even more vulnerable children.

EveryChild has embarked on exciting new work inKenya and Tanzania working with local partners tofurther develop our focus on keeping familiestogether, protecting children who are alone andgetting children back with their families.


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Getting children back withtheir families in Tanzania

In the northern cities of Arusha and Moshi, we

are working with a local partner to provide

children living on the streets with essential

medical care, psychological support, non-

formal education and vocational skills training.

Our local partner helps children cope with the

traumas they have experienced and prepares

them emotionally to return to their families.

Before children are reunited with their families

and communities, our local partner supports

parents and carers with counselling sessions

and parenting skills training. Families are

offered economic support, like saving andcredit schemes, so that they can set up their

own businesses. They are also provided with

financial assistance to enable them to go to

school instead of having to work.

Our local partner works with the children and

their parents or caregivers to resolve the issues

that caused the family to break up in the first

place, and strengthens families financially so

they can break the cycle of poverty.

For more on our new work in Africa, visit

our website at www.everychild.org.uk

Young mothers takingpart in hair and beautytraining at our localpartner’s rehabilitationcentre, Kenya.

Groundbreaking research on the lives

of children without parental care

EveryChild has just completed an

in-depth research project in Mombasa

which looks at why children end up living

without parental care, where they live

and what their lives are like. The research

will ensure that children’s voices are heard

in our work and that our interventions are

based on the true realities of their lives.



Our summer appeal

Feedback

EveryChild’s Country Director in Moldova,Stela Grigorash, tells us about the difference oursupporters made to a young boy’s childhood.

The summer appeal raised over £35,000towards EveryChild’s life-changing work.Thank you. Your support makes a lastingdifference to the lives of children.

n June I met a 14-year-old boy called

Andrei. His story moved me so much it

became the focus of EveryChild’s

summer appeal. Today I find myself

inspired once more as I have just read a

report on Andrei’s progress and wanted to

share with you how well he is doing.

It is hard for me to put into words what Andrei

had been through before we met him. He

told me what it was like to spend months living

on the streets:

The police found Andrei wandering the

streets and they brought him to an

EveryChild-funded small group home in the

city of Cahul. We gave Andrei food and

clothes and introduced him to a specialist

child counsellor who helped him to

overcome his past.

When Andrei first arrived the trauma he hadsuffered was clear in his behaviour. He was very

withdrawn and staff frequently found him in

tears. But, gradually, Andrei started to socialise

with the other children and began to gain trust

in others. He even started to draw and it was

clear how much pride he took in his new hobby.

Since our summer appeal we have learnt that

Andrei’s parents have died. Thankfully, we

have been able to trace his aunt and over the

months she has developed a very strong

relationship with Andrei. She does not have

much money and would struggle to look afterAndrei full-time, but she cares for him deeply

and invites him to stay for the weekends and

holidays. Andrei’s aunt has a son, and it’s

amazing to see how the two cousins spend

time together as if they were brothers.

Andrei is just one of thousands of vulnerable

children you have helped. Thank you.

08 ChildWorld Moldova

I remember my mother wasalways drunk. We did not havea place to live. Once my motherleft me in the market, I waited fora long time but she didn’t comeback. I was frightened. I hid ina pile of cardboard boxes.

I was very cold and hungry.

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How did you begin your career?

Whilst studying for a degree in law at Delhi

University I became interested in human rights

and moved on to complete a post-graduate

diploma in human rights and humanitarian

law. When I finished my studies, I joined a legal

rights advocacy group where I gave legal

advice to women who were victims of

domestic violence and sexual assault. I

campaigned to end violence against women

and helped draft the national law on

domestic violence.

What is your role at EveryChild?

I joined EveryChild in 2008 to focus on helping

marginalised children living without the care of

their parents, and those at risk of losing parental

care. Using my experience of campaigning for

women’s rights, I am responsible for

EveryChild’s advocacy work with a focus on

ensuring there are effective child protection

mechanisms in place for vulnerable children in

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

What attracted you to work in

international development?

A deep sense of discomfort of what I saw

happening in people’s lives inspired me to

work in international development. Ending

discrimination and removing barriers to

accessing justice and rights is essential. To do

this, the state needs to take responsibility and

focus on strengthening families so that

children in India don’t end up losing their

childhood, education or die of malnutrition.

What areas of EveryChild’s work in India do

you feel most passionate about?

The work we do to empower the lower caste

communities and their children. They are

the most marginalised and are treated as

‘untouchables’. Children are forgotten about

when it comes to child rights, or state policies

and interventions. I feel passionate about the

rights groups we are setting up to empower

communities to make sure children access

quality education and are prevented fromexploitation, violence and abuse. Also, our

interventions to rescue and rehabilitate

young girls involved in forced prostitution and

labour I believe are crucial to guarantee their

survival and protection.

What do you do in your spare time?

In my spare time I love to read and watch

films. At the moment I am reading a very

interesting book about rural Indian’s dreamscalled ‘Lanterns on their horns’ by Radhika

Jha. Books and films on the lives of people

fascinate me.

Our peoplePayal Saksena, EveryChild’s Advocacy and CommunicationsManager in India, is a passionate campaigner for women’srights and the plight of marginalised children. She tells usmore about her work.

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n Malawi EveryChild supports rural

communities where subsistence farmers

survive on little or no income. Families

are extremely poor and when drought

affects their crops there is no buffer to

protect them from hunger. HIV and AIDS-

related illnesses claim the lives of 70,000

children every year and rob nearly one

million children of either one or both parents.

Extreme poverty leads to a high proportion

of adults, mainly men, migrating to South

Africa to find work. Sometimes they are able

to send money back to support their

impoverished families. Other times they send

nothing home, leaving single mothers and

grandparents to struggle to provide for theirfamilies alone.

Life can be hard for children in Malawi,

particularly those who have been orphaned

or whose parents have migrated for work.

Children grow up young. Older siblings care

for younger children and take on the

responsibility of providing for their brothers

and sisters, especially when there is no adult

to care for them. Sometimes boys decide totake the pressure off their struggling family

by leaving school to work, often spending

long hours away from home as cattle

herders or in the tobacco plantations. Girls in

the countryside have the option of leaving

home, and their schools, to marry from a

young age. In doing so, there is one less

mouth to feed and person to clothe at

home. But these young girls put themselves

in extremely vulnerable positions where they

are open to abuse and exploitation. Girls

who marry young not only miss out on an

education, but also their childhoods.

EveryChild is working to prevent early

marriage in Malawi in a number of ways.

Through child rights clubs and children’s

corners, girls are taught about their rights

and the importance of an education. They

also learn about the risks of unprotected sex

and HIV and AIDS. Through parenting classes

and community-based organisations,

parents and guardians are challenging the

cultural practice of early marriage and

recognising that girls should be supported to

stay at home and in school until they are

adults. As poverty and hunger is a major

push for girls leaving home early, EveryChild

supports the most vulnerable families withseeds and fertilisers for the family’s plot of

land, and school uniforms and materials to

help the children stay in school.

Forced by poverty

to marryyoungChild brides in Malawi

ChildWorld Cover story: Malawi10

Chloe Kay, Senior Media and PR Officer at EveryChild, gives a

first-hand account of how EveryChild is preventing girls as young

as 14 from losing their childhoods to early marriage.



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Meeting Sevia

Whilst visiting villages in Malawi I met a young

girl who had been married for only a month.

Sevia said that she is 16 but a local community

worker I spoke to thinks she is actually 12 or 13.

The law in Malawi has recently changed to

increase the legal age of marriage to 16, but

in rural communities the law is often ignored.

Sevia’s husband Richard is not much older

than she is and has also dropped out of

school. Now he tends his plot of land and sells

any surplus he produces at the market to

make a little money. When Sevia’s father

migrated to South Africa some years ago, he

left behind two wives with many children to

feed and clothe. Sevia’s sister also married

young to alleviate the pressure at home.

When I asked Sevia why she married so young,

she replied – ‘I got married at an early age

because people in my family were pushing

me into marriage. Our neighbours told me I

was ready for marriage. I don’t go to schoolbecause I am married.’ Now Sevia spends her

days helping Richard in the field, preparing

food for her in-laws, gathering food and water

and cleaning around the house.

It was very sad meeting Sevia but I was relieved

to hear from the local community worker that

EveryChild will continue to monitor her situation

and assess what can be done to get her back

with her family and back to school.

Sevia, who marriedyoung, spends herdays doing household

chores for her husbandand his family.

I don’t go to school

because I am married.Sevia

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A 13-year-old girl in Malawihaving her hair cut toindicate she has reachedpuberty and is ready formarriage. This is commonpractice in rural Malawi.

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Meeting Maria

At a child rights club I met Maria, a 14-year-old

girl who has been rescued from an early

marriage and is now back living with her

parents. Maria married a 24-year-old man

when she was just 13 and spent four months

living with him as his wife. I asked Maria what ledher to marry young and what it was like. ‘Some

of my friends were married but they were a

little older than me. They encouraged me to

get married. They used to tell me marriage was

nice. When I got married I discovered there was

lots more housework I was expected to do. I

had no time to rest and this was beyond what I

was able to do. When I was married I missed lots

of things – one thing I missed was that I couldnot play with my friends.’

Maria explained to me that friends visiting her

from the EveryChild child rights club helped

her leave her older husband. Today Maria is

back living with her parents. She has returned

to school and is now an active member of her

local child rights club. ‘I would tell my school

friends who are maybe 12 or 13 not to go into

early marriage. They should continue with

their education because education is veryimportant in a child’s life. I want to be a

doctor when I leave school. I would still like to

get married but not until after I have finished

my studies.’

For more on Chloe’s trip visit her blog at

www.everychild.org/chloe

To watch and listen to our audio slideshow

on challenging early marriage in Malawi,

featured on the Guardian website, go towww.everychild.org.uk/audioslideshow.

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Maria with heriends at theveryChild childghts club.

When I was married I missedlots of things –one thing Imissed was that I could not

play with my friends.Maria


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Lisa May (far right ) and LauraClark meet Rose who, thanksto EveryChild, was rescuedfrom an early marriage.

‘I have sponsored children through EveryChild

for over 13 years and am currently sponsoring a

little boy in Malawi called Yotamu. He is about

the same age as my own two boys which is why

supporting him and his community is so

important to me and my family. This year I

decided to visit Yotamu and his community so I

could understand more about their lives and

the impact of EveryChild’s work.

I travelled to the Bulala community in northern

Malawi with Laura Clark from the EveryChild UK

team. I had never been to Africa before and it

was difficult to know what to expect. My visit

proved to be far more than I could have ever

imagined because I learnt so much.

Whilst I was there I had the opportunity to meetlots of children that EveryChild supports,

including Yotamu and an inspiring girl called

Rose. She is 17 and came over to speak to me

as we were leaving an activity centre. She was

married at an early age and forced to drop out

of school. When EveryChild heard about her

situation they intervened by approaching her

husband and her family. Thanks to EveryChild’s

support, Rose now attends school and is finally

getting an education. She told us that one day

she wants to become a teacher.

I have many stories from my trip that mean a

great deal to me. But I found it particularly

inspiring to meet children like Rose and Yotamu

because they showed so much resilience,

determination and ambition.’ Lisa May

To find out more about how

you can sponsor a child,visit our website at www.everychild.org.uk

EveryChild sponsor, Lisa May,travelled to Malawi to meet

some of the children she hashelped support.


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So, what have we done?In July 2010 EveryChild launched a report,

Protect for the future , in parliament with eightother international charities showing how the

MDGs do not place a strong enough priority

on protecting children from violence and

abuse. MPs, journalists and NGOs listened to

speakers including international child

protection expert, Nigel Cantwell, who talked

about how the MDGs do not emphasise the

importance of children growing up in loving

stable homes – and that by not doing so theyrisk failing to meet their own much broader

goals by 2015.

Our report was calling for action in advance

of the crucial UN MDG summit held in

September in New York. The summit mapped

out how the MDGs could be reached by 2015

in areas such as alleviating child poverty,

increasing access to education and reducing

the spread of HIV and AIDS.

In practice, this means that we need global

leaders to make a long-term commitment tobuilding family support services and family-

based alternative care for children growing

up without a parent.

What you did

In September 2010 a group of ten EveryChild

supporters presented hundreds of signatures to

the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, as part

of an event organised by Bond (the UK

membership body for non-governmental

organisations) in advance of the MDGs summit.

They were there to represent the views of

hundreds of supporters who had signed up to

our 'Every child deserves a family' campaign,

calling on world leaders to recognise the right

of every child to grow up in a loving family.

Their message to Nick Clegg was clear –

make strong families and an emphasis on

child protection and care as central to their

international development strategy as it is to

UK domestic policy.

Elisabeth Roeber was one of the EveryChild

supporters at the event:

‘On 15th September over 370 UK charities

working in the field of international

development met with Deputy Prime Minister,

Nick Clegg, to tell him about their views on the

progress made in achieving the Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs).

A particularly memorable picture was when

two pupils and one lady from the audience

handed over a big suitcase with 1,300,000

voices of people who actively support the

MDGs and called for a strong signal of

continued commitment by the international

community during the summit in New York.

Campaigning forThis year EveryChild campaigned hard to make sure worldleaders prioritise the care and protection of children in their plansto achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Download a copy of

our report Protect for

the future at

www.everychild.org.uk/

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Whathappensnow?The MDG summit made valuablecommitments to reduce infant mortality

and stop discrimination against women

and girls. But world leaders stopped

short of committing to protecting

children’s rights to a family and their right

to grow up free from violence, abuse,

exploitation and neglect.

We will do everything we can to continue

to press the UK government to prioritise

child protection and care by highlighting

how it is the only way to help children

flourish in all areas. It is also the only way

that the government can achieve its own

stated goals to achieve the MDGs.

Government strategies to achieve the

MDGs currently ignore child rights, or

perceive them narrowly in terms of rights

to survival, health and education. Whilst

these rights are important, they cannot beachieved if children continue to be left

vulnerable outside of parental care, or

abused, neglected and exploited in

homes, schools and the community.

We do not accept children having to live

on the street, work in hazardous jobs,

marry young or live in damaging large-

scale residential homes in the UK, nor

should we accept this as inevitable in poorcountries overseas.

To help with our campaigning, in 2011

we will have new research on the impact

which HIV and AIDS has on children and

their families and will be promoting a

documentary on the impact of the

Devadasi system on young girls in India.

This event provided a special platform for

making the voices of the poor heard.

Unfortunately there are still many people

who do not know about these global targets.

Though it’s only five years to go until 2015,

and much work still needs to be done, I

personally felt strongly encouraged by this

event and was grateful for the opportunity toattend as an EveryChild supporter. I got many

new ideas and found new friends as a result

of the event. And I continue to believe that

when we all work together we really can

make a difference to people in the

developing world.’

change

To get more involved in our upcoming campaigning, sign up toour Take Action page on our website. You can help us makea difference. Go to www.everychild.org.uk/takeaction

veryChild campaignersepresent hundreds ofupporters who signed upo our 'Every child deserves family' campaign.

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Thanks to the commitment andsupport of our sponsors, over the lastyear we handed over our sponsorshipprojects in Russia to local organisationsand government agencies as theprojects became self-sufficient and

were in a position to operateindependently of EveryChild.

The vital services which started with our

sponsors’ support will continue to improve

the lives of vulnerable children in Russia. The

Parent’s Bridge sponsorship project ran for

13 years until 2005 and, since it was handed

over, huge progress has been made. We

are delighted that the government has

incorporated some of EveryChild’s pioneeringwork into its own child and family services.

They have adopted services we initiated such

as home-based care for children living with

disabilities and the accessibility of community-

based social workers. Our services aimed at

keeping children with their families, such as

crisis intervention for young mothers and

respite care, are also being rolled out around

districts of St Petersburg and rural areas in the

surrounding province. We are also helping our

local partners to train hundreds more socialworkers in St Petersburg.

We are delighted that the success of

EveryChild’s work has now become a

springboard for a networking project of 250

organisations across Russia, with the aim of

reaching out to a further 50,000 children. It is

thanks to our sponsors that we were able to

put strong foundations in place and that our

work continues to reach vulnerable childrenin Russia long after our sponsorship projects

have come to an end. Thank you!

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Our supporters

From Russia with thanks

In September David Richards, who sponsors a child

through EveryChild in Malawi, raised almost £300 for ourwork by holding an exhibition of paintings at his home.

The paintings exhibited were his very own work, as well as

his late father’s and other local artists. Family, friends and

neighbours helped raise money through raffles and a

cake sale. David was delighted with the response to his

fundraising event. ‘Everyone was very generous. I think

people are especially forthcoming where children are

concerned. They all really enjoyed themselves and said it

was an original way to raise money for a good cause.’

Grateful for artistic support

If you would like to hold your own special event to raise vital funds

for EveryChild, call our Supporter Care team on 0207 749 2490

or email [email protected]

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In 2011 EveryChild will be embarking on an

exciting new fundraising partnership with

Discover Adventure, a challenge events

company. Discover Adventure offer a choice

of over 30 fundraising treks and challenges

in some of the most amazing, beautiful and

adventurous parts of the world. From classic

routes like the Inca Trail Trek to Machu

Picchu, the Land’s End to John o’Groats

cycle ride and other unique adventures.

Why not take part in a challenge for

EveryChild? Here are just some of the

fantastic open challenge events that are

on offer next year:

Ben Nevis weekend

17–19 June / 19–21 August

Hadrian’s Wall weekend

3–5 June / 5–7 August / 9–11 September

Jurassic Coast weekend

13–15 May / 15–17 July / 16–18 September

Around the Clock sailing challenge

11–14 May / 6–9 July / 7–10 September

London to Paris cycle

15 –19 June / 3–7 August / 7–11 September

For more information about the

challenge events, visit our website atwww.everychild.org.uk/eventsor contact

Owen Williams 020 7749 2497 or by email

[email protected]

A global pushby Tokio MarineIn November, long-term

corporate supporterTokio Marine Europe

(TME) undertook a

month-long corporate

social responsibility

initiative to highlight the global business’

commitment to being a good corporate

citizen.Staff from the UK, Belgium, France,

Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain

took part in various fundraising events in

support of the initiative with all the income

generated donated to EveryChild.

This is the first time that all members of staff

from across the TME group have taken

part in a global group event. For the

European business, headquartered in

London, this is an excellent opportunity to

really show just how imaginative they are

as a group and get behind our

commitment to help vulnerable children

around the world growing up alone, or at

risk of growing up without their parents.

Since becoming a corporate partner in

2007, TME have been supporting our work

in Eastern Europe, particularly in Romania

where EveryChild played a significant role

in modernising the children’s care system.

TME is also a committed supporter of our

work in Moldova, where we have been

able to legalise the foster care system so

that 50,000 children can now be properly

and safely cared for by foster parents, and

no longer risk ending up alone with no one

to care for them.

We will tell you more about some of the

exciting highlights from TME’s jam-packed

month of fundraising next year. In the

meantime, a special thank you goes to

everybody who took part.

Rise to the

challenge!

Challenge yourselfto a 25 mile trekalong Hadrian’sWall for EveryChild



This year’s Annual Review gives a real

sense of the impact we are making

on the lives of vulnerable children

and families across the world.

In 2009/10 EveryChild helped justunder 50,000 children remain with

their families, protected around

22,000 children living alone without

the safety of a family, and reunited

2,200 children with their families.

Listening to children and giving

them a voice is a key part of our

work and a theme you can enjoy

in this year’s Annual Review.

Go to www.everychild.org.uk/annualreview to download a pdf or contactour Supporter Care team on 020 7749 2490 for a printed copy.

Annual Review

2009/2010

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