Read Keith Henderson's message by clicking here: IFCO Enews on the web
You can also see some earlier 2008 IFCO Enews issues there -
future issues will only be available to members.
If you are not a current member, we would encourage you strongly to join and be
part of IFCO. Join / Renew MEMBERSHIP
HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS FOSTER CHILDREN!
Click here to read about the campaign to establish a communication procedure under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
John Lennon was fostered in kinship care
- see www.fyi3.com/funstuff/fam_fosterKids/johnLennon.cfm
He wrote a moving song about his mother - click below.
IFCO Youth Committee's Chair, Miko Carels, has recently started an IFCO Group on "Facebook"
- anybody may join = young & not-so-young! Already posted are lots
of pictures & video clips from the conferences in Madison & New
Zealand and several news items.
Book your flights and help raise money for IFCO through this link:
http://www.everyclick.com/uk/internationalfostercareorganisation/search/?keyword=tra
Every click on a web site and / or every booking made earns money for IFCO projects and costs you nothing - shopping sites too! Thank you in advance.
IFCO no longer mails out printed "IFCO Informers" but now sends out a
monthly E-newsletter to all members for whom we have email addresses.
If you
did not receive the latest "IFCO Enews" then it probably means that
you are not a current paid-up IFCO member, IFCO does not have your
correct email address, or it was delivered to your Junk Mail or Spam Box!
Please check > it is delivered like this: "IFCO Enews" and comes from info@ifco.info.
News items in June from the USA, India, Sweden, Latin America, the
UN CRC and a moving song from John Lennon who was in kinship care!
Please make sure that IFCO has your latest email address - send it to the IFCO office at ifco@ifco.info
~ IFCO held two successful conferences in 2007 in New Zealand and Malta.
The Fostering Team in Malta put together a colourful e-newsletter to give you a flavour of IFCO2007MALTA. You may also click here to read the full Abstract Book of the Malta speakers and workshop presenters.
There are professionally-made DVDs of many of the plenary speakers in
Malta for sale - please contact the IFCO office for more details.
~ No IFCO Conference is scheduled for 2008 but Formal Notice is given to members that the IFCO Annual General Meeting will be held at 09.00 on 18 October 2008
at the Fostering Network Annual Conference in Cardiff, Wales.
http://www.fostering.net/training_events/events/tfn_conference2008/index.php
More details later - there are no elections to the Board scheduled for this year.
~ NEXT IFCO WORLD CONFERENCE 12-17 JULY 2009 DUBLIN, IRELAND http://www.ifca.ie/ifco2009
~ BIDS ARE INVITED FROM MEMBER ORGANISATIONS TO HOST THE 2010 & 2011 IFCO CONFERENCES
- more information and detailed Conference Guidelines from IFCO's Secretary General, Gaylene Lawrence at nzffcf.eo@xtra.co.nz
Lots of links from FosterClub.org - the USA's national network for young people in foster care. 3 great web sites for children / teens and young adults / supportive adults.
http://www.fosterclub.com
FICE-International (Fédération Internationale des Communautés Educatives/International Federation of Educative Communities)
Better Future for Children – Today
- 60 years of International Cooperation for Children in Care
Final programme now available! Click in and register for the congress.
Deadline for registrations May 15th.
The organizers welcome you warmly to share your expertise and experiences in the field of residential care, to meet your peers and colleagues from all over the world and to learn more about different practices and methods available in the field. The main themes are:
