Today, February 8, is Safer Internet Day. Prinsparets Stiftelse together with Skandia Idéer för livet, Tele2, H.M. The Queen Silvia Foundation's Care About the Children and Friends Foundation notice the opportunities for children and young people to be creative with the help of the internet, communicate with the world around them and learn new things, provided that everyday life is safe. Because of this we want to encourage you, as a safe adult in the vicinity of a child, to contribute to a safer online everyday life for children and young people. In parallel with an increased use of screens,......
The grants for the application round of this fall 2021, were given two new projects and five re-applying projects, which support children and young people thorugh psycho social support, education and a working to ensure a safer off and online every day life both in Sweden and abroad. All applications received in August 2021 were reviewed and then went thorugh a selection process with our advisory board, which evaluated the applications. Following this, the board made their decisions. As a larger number of projects than usual were granted support during the spring of 2021, a smaller number were granted during......
[caption id="attachment_2008" align="alignnone" width="791"] H.M. the Queen together with the 2021 Child10 Awarded Members in the Bernadotte Library. Photo: Felicia Margineanu[/caption] On Monday 18 October, the EU International Day Against Trafficking of Persons, the Queen attended a seminar arranged by CATCH on trafficking and sexual exploitation of children. She also handed out the 2021 Child10 Award to ten organizations working against child trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation of children. The seminar was held in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace. The Queen opened the seminar by welcoming everyone and holding an opening speech: No country, no......
H.M. Queen Silvia’s foundation – Care About the Children has decided to support Child10’s work on trafficking of children in Europe and around the Mediterranean. Tens of thousands of children who have been forced to flee towards Europe in recent years have been or are at high risk of being trafficked and exploited. Child10 works to identify and support grassroots organizations that provide support and protection to children on the run and reduce the risk of various forms of exploitation. Many of the children who have been forced to flee to Europe live in inhumane conditions, without safe access......
The Royal Couple together with Bina Seth Lashkari, founder of Door Step School. Photo: The Embassy of Sweden, New Delhi On 2-6 December 2019, the King and the Queen was on a State Visit in India on invitation by President Ram Nath Kovind. The purpose of the visit was to strenghten the good relation between the countries, with focus on amongst other trade, innovation, climate and democraty. During the third day the Royal Couple visited a public school in a slum area in eastern Mumbai. The pupils at this school get extra support in their education Door Step School. The......
Olof Stenhammar/ordförande, Susanne Carlzon/verksamhetschef och Carl-Gustaf Piehl/styrelseledamot i Drottning Silvias Stiftelse besöker Fryshuset i Malmö. Foto: Sara Friberg/Kungl. Hovstaterna 18 november 2019. Delar av ledningen i Drottning Silvias Stiftelse - Care About the Children besökte tillsammans med Kronprinsessan Victoria och Prins Daniel Malmö för att dela ut ett extra projektstöd till FRYSHUSET för insatser riktade mot unga i Malmö regionen. - Med det här stödet kommer Fryshuset i Malmö att nå fler unga i destruktiva miljöer, säger Mohammed Rabani, chef för Fryshuset i Malmö. Genom besöket hos Fryshuset i Malmö vill Stiftelsen visa sin uppskatting för aktörer som Fryshuset som......
Beirut, Libanon 2019-10-16 (c) Mattias Hellström / SPA 15-16 oktober 2019 H. M. Drottningen besökte Beirut, Libanon och träffade syriska flyktingbarn som ingår i ett stödprogram som drivs av barnrättsorganisationen War Child. War Childs arbete går ut på att ge krigsdrabbade barn en chans att bygga upp en stabil och fredlig framtid för sig själva, för att en dag kunna återvända till sitt hemland. Organisationen arbetar i 16 krigsdrabbade länder varav Libanon är ett, dit över två miljoner flyktingar från Syrien och Palestina har flytt. Hälften av alla flyktingbarn har inte tillgång till någon skola alls. Vad gör War Child......
Drottning Silvias stiftelse - Care about the children delar ut sin hittills största donation på totalt 3 miljoner kronor. Mottagare är Lilla Erstagården, nordens första och enda hospice för vård av barn som är i livets slutskede. – Det här är vår största enskilda donation hittills och är uppdelad på två år, hälften i fjol och resterande del i år. Det finns en möjlighet till fortsättning även om det inte är beslutat ännu, säger Olof Stenhammar som är primus motor i stiftelsen. Stiftelsen skapades som en gåva till drottning Silvia i samband med hennes 70-årsdag. Bidragsgivare var gräddan av svenskt näringsliv. Totalt......