Thank you

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the making of this course:

Members of the Caring for Children Moving Alone MOOC Taskforce

A special thank you to the international agencies that are members of the Caring for Children Moving Alone MOOC Taskforce who made this MOOC possible. The Taskforce is comprised of international agencies that work together on initiatives to promote the protection and care of children around the world. Particular thanks goes to the co-chairs of the Taskforce, Mia Dambach of International Social Service and Tiziana Bonzon of International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Course Donors

Appreciation goes to the Government of Switzerland and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for providing significant funding towards the development of the course.

Thanks also go to:

Lead Educator
Dr Chrissie Gale

Course Technologist & Host
Sarah Hume-Anthony

Strategic Advice and Course Content Review, Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
Elizabeth D. Gibbons
Dr Vasileia Digidiki Lucero
Professor Jacqueline Bhabha

Course Content Development, Independent Consultants
Dr Nigel Cantwell
Mike Dotteridge

Executive Director, CELCIS and Inspiring Children’s Futures
Professor Jennifer Davidson

Production and Administrative Support
Audrey Baete, Independent Consultant
Valerio Prato, ISS
Jeannette Wöllenstein, ISS
Miriana Giraldi, CELCIS
Sandy Moyes, CELCIS
Aidan Johnston, University of Strathclyde
Howard Ramsay, University of Strathclyde
Laura Kane, CELCIS
Cat Moody, CELCIS

Publicity (CELCIS at the University of Strathclyde)
Samantha Fiander, Communications and Engagement Lead

FutureLearn
Katherine Weber
Richard Banks
Ed Fraser
Rob Lindsay

Translators
Vanesa Sabala (Spanish)
Joan Lefever (French)
Amer al-Seifi (Arabic)

There have been many people around the world who have supported the development of this course – too numerous to mention individually – to whom we send our grateful thanks. In particular, we would like to thank the staff of NGOs and UN agencies, parents, carers, government officers, and others who gave their time to assist us in Ethiopia, Morocco, Mexico and Sicily.

In addition, we would like to offer a special thanks to colleagues who facilitated our excellent visits to their programmes and projects to film examples of promising practice, including teams at:
Accoglierete, Sicily
Albergue Colibrí , Mexico
Fundación Casa Alianza, Mexico
Innovative Humanitarian Solutions, Ethiopia
International Social Service, West Africa
Italian Red Cross, Sicily
Norwegian Refugee Council, Ethiopia
Office of the Child Protection Authority, Palermo, Sicily
UNICEF Italy
UNICEF Mexico
UNHCR, Shire Office, Ethiopia

A very special thank you to all the children and young people from different countries around the world who kindly participated in the making of this course.