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Soutien aux enfants et aux jeunes ukrainiens : la gestionnaire du programme de relance de l’Ukraine chez CANADEM participe à une rencontre avec la première dame Olena Zelenska

CANADEM a eu le plaisir de participer à la visite de la première dame de l’Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, à Toronto en septembre. Organisé par la Fondation Canada-Ukraine (CUF), cet événement a constitué une occasion importante de discussion entre des organismes partageant les mêmes valeurs et des donateurs clés sur les efforts visant à soutenir et à accompagner les enfants et les jeunes touchés par le conflit en Ukraine.

La première dame a mis en lumière les réalités de la vie des enfants pendant la guerre menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine. Alors que les attaques continuent de menacer les écoles et les communautés, l’éducation se déroule désormais dans la clandestinité dans certaines régions afin que les enfants puissent continuer d’apprendre dans des conditions plus sécuritaires. Le récit de ces efforts a souligné les mesures extraordinaires nécessaires pour préserver les occasions quotidiennes d’apprendre, de s’épanouir et de tisser des liens avec les autres.

Elle a également présenté des initiatives destinées aux enfants et aux familles mises en œuvre par la Fondation Olena Zelenska, notamment des milieux d’apprentissage sécuritaires, des logements pour les familles d’accueil nombreuses et les 12 à 21 espaces pour jeunes offrant un soutien psychosocial. Le réseau « l’École des superhéros (Superheroes School) », qui permet aux enfants suivant un traitement médical de longue durée de poursuivre leur scolarité à l’hôpital, a également fait l’objet d’une attention particulière.

CANADEM est fière de contribuer à soutenir les enfants et les jeunes ukrainiens par l’entremise du Programme Canada-Ukraine pour la jeunesse (CUPY). Élaboré en collaboration avec le Centre de coordination de la santé mentale de l’Ukraine dans le cadre du programme national de santé mentale de la Première Dame intitulé « Comment vas-tu ? » (« Ти як? »), le CUPY renforce les connaissances et les compétences pratiques des professionnels qui travaillent directement auprès des enfants et des adolescents.

En dotant ces professionnels d’approches fondées sur des données probantes en matière de sensibilisation à la santé mentale des jeunes, de compétences de base en intervention et de résilience, le programme les aide à répondre aux besoins des jeunes en cette période particulièrement difficile.

Soutenir les enfants, c’est aussi venir en aide aux adultes vers qui ils se tournent. CANADEM reste déterminé à collaborer avec ses partenaires ukrainiens et canadiens afin de renforcer les cadres nationaux qui aident les jeunes à conserver un sentiment d’appartenance, de possibilités et d’espoir.
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CANADEM est un OBNL international voué à l'avancement de la paix et de la sécurité internationales par la constitution de listes d'experts, la mobilisation rapide et la mission.

Respect for the environment
An ever-increasing awareness that caring for the environment is the responsibility of us all, regardless of our area of expertise or profession, has propelled CANADEM to place more focus on our own global footprint as well as that of our sector. During this Period, we have embarked on a challenge to enhance our learning regarding the environment and how we interact with it – including efforts to create a baseline and targets for improving how we deal with our natural environment. We are therefore making a conscious and transparent effort to measure and manage the way we affect the natural world around us, hopefully becoming better caretakers along the way.
Impact Driven
CANADEM has always valued the positive impact we make in the world as a foundation of our work. It is this guiding principle that has led us to form lasting partnerships, in support of other entities, if we feel they can add greater value than we can at CANADEM. Searching for our comparative advantage, while avoiding falling into a simple race to find funding opportunities, is therefore essential to CANADEM. As we see an increasing number of individuals suffering from the consequences of conflict in the world, and prepare for even greater numbers of environmental disasters, the need to prioritise the areas where we can make a real difference and combine our efforts with like-minded entities, is vital to achieving success.
Efficiency
The objective of CANADEM’s leadership has always been to find the most innovative and cost-effective ways to contribute to communities in need, and not to place the growth of numbers and our budgets at the centre of our efforts. As a result, we have adopted a light footprint in terms of our human resources complement and infrastructure, making use of the latest technology, and empowering our small team to be as innovative and flexible in solving problems as our procedures allow. Our structures allow us to scale up and down as required, and for staff to work in different teams, according to the needs of the moment. Our 30 years of experience has taught us what our core capacities are and how to allocate precious resources.
Accountability & Transparency Values
From CANADEM’s earliest beginnings as a Government of Canada project, and during its rapid evolution into an independent NGO with its roots in international service, the principles of accountability and transparency have been a component of CANADEM’s DNA. Accountability for the use of public funds has been incorporated into procedures that needed to respond to the high standards of government. Transparency has been the vehicle to ensure the vital accountability that CANADEM maintains. CANADEM’s headquarters team is a well-trained group of committed individuals who believe in the important work they do – including the conviction that providing the best value possible to the communities and donors we serve is a primary component of our job. CANADEM’s rules and procedures are therefore established to ensure that every step of the way we are confident of our work, and can demonstrate its efficiency and effectiveness.
People-Centered Values
Our work is about deploying people to help people. It is therefore of paramount importance to us that we are all relating to individuals in our chain of service delivery in a way that is respectful, understanding, considerate, and that brings out the best in us. Our internal working context is designed to foster humanity, fairness and support among our staff, which in turn aims to foster those same qualities among the experts we deploy. We have invested in a team of individuals (our Duty of Care Team), who provide a safety net for those experts we deploy. By taking care of our staff members and our deployed experts, we ensure that we have an effective flow of communication between all aspects of our operation. Our experienced and motivated staff feel supported, and are in turn able to support our experts in times of stress and prevent any potential problems from occurring.
Diversity & Inclusion Values
Ensuring an inclusive workplace that integrates diversity in terms of gender, language, culture, ethnicity and religion, is of prime importance for CANADEM both internally and with regards to our work with partners. We have made significant progress in attracting experts from 178 countries around the world – including from countries that are recipients of international assistance – so that a diversity of perspectives, understanding and expertise may be integrated into all operations that CANADEM supports. From our fair and transparent selection process, to our supportive Duty of Care Team (which ensures that individuals deployed have the resources they need to feel comfortable and confident in their work), we have invested significant energy in fostering diversity and inclusion within our roster system, in our election monitoring deployments, and in our own direct implementation of programming, at headquarters and in the field.
Partnership Values
The majority of our experts work within the assistance operations of our partners. Partnership is therefore of primary importance and value to us, and is key to the way we operate. Our many long-term relationships with other actors have been forged by promoting trust and understanding. The ability to work together with other actors, and not in competition, has allowed CANADEM to enhance the work of governments or organizations by injecting vital expertise, and targeting it where it is needed most. We believe that we can create a greater impact, when we work in partnership.