Partnerships should change us too Over the past year, our partnership with Ubumwe Community Center (UCC) has helped us learn from an organisation that has spent two decades putting inclusion into practice with children with disabilities and their families. Based in Rwanda, UCC works alongside people with disabilities and their families to create opportunities for...

Strengthening Emergency Foster Care in Zambia and Malawi MJF Global, part of the Martin James Foundation, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Alliance for Children Everywhere (ACE) to strengthen emergency foster care in Zambia and Malawi. According to UNICEF, an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 children in Zambia remain in institutional care, while fewer than 200...

By Kara Kamari, Head of Communications and Advocacy at MJF Global This piece draws on reflections, examples and edits generously shared by the team at Children's Future International (CFI). Flexible cash support is often discussed as a financial intervention. Our experience with Children's Future International (CFI) in Cambodia suggests that some of its most...

Building Resilient Futures: Participatory Research on Climate Change, Family Separation, and Children on the Move in South Asia Martin James Foundation (MJF) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Family for Every Child (Family), a global network of child protection organisations working to strengthen families and transform the systems for children to grow...

Keeping Families Together: Preventing Unnecessary Separation in Khon Kaen Martin James Foundation is delighted to announce a new partnership with Step Ahead Thailand. This collaboration comes at a critical time for children’s care reform in Thailand, as the country faces one of the highest rates of reliance on institutional care globally, with over 135,000 children...

Introduction: The Overlooked Truth About Keeping Families Together Today, on World Children’s Day, we pause to recognise the universal rights owed to every child, from education and health to protection and play. But rights do not exist in a vacuum; they are deeply interconnected. And for most children, the foundation for delivering these rights is the family. The...

Community-Based Family Support and Early Intervention in Rwanda Martin James Foundation is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Ubumwe Community Center (UCC) in Rwanda. This collaboration seeks to support the country’s ongoing care-reform efforts, helping ensure that children, especially those with disabilities, can grow up safely within their families...

Young Ambassadors Leading Change in Ghana Martin James Foundation is proud to announce a new partnership with Brave Aurora in Ghana. It comes at a pivotal moment for children’s care reform in the country, where local leadership and community action are essential to ensuring that every child can grow up in a safe and loving family. About Brave Aurora Brave Aurora was...

Strengthening Family-Based Care in Battambang to Prevent Unnecessary Separation MJF Global, part of the Martin James Foundation, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Children’s Future International in Cambodia. This collaboration comes at a critical time to address the rising risks of family separation and ensure vulnerable children remain safely within...