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This blog was written by Lanre Williams-Ayedun, Senior Vice-President of International Programs at World Relief, and originally published by Christianity Today’s The Better Samaritan. We are coming upon the two-year…

From 25-29 October, organizations and individuals across the globe brought attention to the essential role of the social service workforce in emergency preparedness and response during Social Service Workforce Week….

By Lavender Ondere, technical specialist on natural resource management for World Vision’s Integrated Management of Natural Resources for Resilience in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (IMARA) project To some, climate change…

Delivering effective social work services in communities during a public health emergency is challenging. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 presented such a challenge to Children’s Future International…

By Glynis Clacherty, lead researcher on the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action’s Community Engagement in Case Management project. “My name is Nyarueni; I am 43 years…

By Crystal Stewart, International Rescue Committee, and Anneloes Koehorst, UNICEF, co-leads of the Case Management Task Force under the Alliance for Child Protection In Humanitarian Action A united approach to…

A Q&A with Heather Boetto, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Charles Sturt University Heather Boetto is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Charles Sturt University and has also…

By Hugh Salmon, Director of the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Escalating conflicts leading to internal displacement and migration, the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters and a global…

In many contexts, volunteers have been critical for continuing social service delivery throughout the pandemic. Volunteers have increasingly been engaged to match the greater number of individuals and families in…

On 15th September 2021, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance and Children and Families Across Borders co-hosted The social service workforce in and beyond the pandemic: A global conversation on…

Issues of violence, abuse and exploitation—including domestic violence, child marriage, child trafficking, sexual and gender-based violence, child labour, corporal punishment, peer to peer violence, online abuse and mental distress—continue to…

by Save the Children China Country Office Save the Children China Country Office offers special thanks for contributions and support from: Wenhui and his colleagues, Cangyuan County Civil Affairs…