specific needs of children and elderly left behind as a ... - IOM Moldova

Conclusions and recommendations
For the Local Public Administration
- To keep a record and evaluate the needs of children left behind as a
consequence of migration, the living conditions of caregivers and
their capacity to provide adequate and secure conditions necessary for
a child’s development. To map these needs and to develop appropriate
services;
- To provide nutrition for children of all ages in educational institutions,
including money for reducing the risk of malnutrition. To
encourage and support educational institutions in providing children
with healthy food and to forbid fast-food in schools and in their immediate
neighbourhood;
- To improve the activity of guardianship authorities in identifying,
referring and assisting children left behind as a consequence
of migration and to establish partnerships at the local
level;
- To expand the network of social assistance and psychological services
in communities as well as foster family services (professional
parental care, family-type homes for children, etc.);
- To inform migrant parents and family members of their duties, and
when parents intend to migrate abroad, to inform them on the necessity
to place the child in a temporary guardianship;
For social community assistants
- To keep a record and evaluate the needs of children without parental
care as a consequence of migration, the living conditions of caregivers
and their capacity to provide adequate and secure conditions
necessary for a child’s development;
- To establish an effective partnership with educational institutions,
medical institutions and other community actors in order to prevent
children left behind as a consequence of migration experiencing
difficult situations;
For educational institutions for children
- To supervise children left behind as a consequence of migration;
- To ensure within educational institutions, opportunities for communication
between parents and their children left behind as well as
with teachers’ participation thus increasing the degree of accountability
of both children and parents;
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