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Nest centre (after school programme)
Brief description: This is a mandatory introduction training for any organization that wants to implement the Nest Centre model. The Nest Centre is an after-school facility for children from multi-problem families. The main aim is to support and develop the resilience of these children and to empower them so they can overcome their difficulties. The…
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Impact of the New Home project – Ukraine
It is always interesting and exciting to find out about the impact of a project you have worked on with passion for some time. Recently we received the impact report of the project “A New Home: integration and psychosocial support of internally displaced children in Ukraine”, which we designed and implemented from 2016 to 2018 together…
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Training on child participation at the refugee centre in Drachten
Last week ICDI’s Mathijs Euwema and Simona Giancola gave a training on the topic of child participation to 10 members of the team of De Vrolijkheid (Happiness in English), who run the Nest Centre and its activities in the refugee centre in Drachten – NL. Child participation is an important part of the Nest approach. Ensuring that children’s opinions are heard…
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Blog: Nest model, back to where it all began. ICDI’s director visit in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Blog by Mathijs Euwema “Some years ago the ‘Nest model: a Home Away from Home’ was developed in Bosnia and Herzegovina by ICDI, Kinderpostzegels and IN Foundation. In essence, the NEST approach aims to build safe, stable places for children coming from difficult backgrounds. Last week I had the pleasure to take part in a working visit to Bosnia…
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Opening NEST after school programme refugee centre Drachten
Last Friday, the new NEST in the refugee centre in Drachten was officially opened. NEST is an after-school programme for 6-12 year-old children living in refugee centres. The main goal of NEST is to offer children a safe, warm place, in which they can build a trusting relationship with staff and volunteers and do all kinds of activities, to strengthen…
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Training for interns and volunteers to support refugee children
Thursday 14 December, ICDI’s Rutger van Oudenhoven and Mathijs Euwema gave a training for interns and volunteers of the new Vrolijk Nest in the refugee centre in Drachten. ‘Nest: a Home Away from Home’ is a psychosocial support programme developed in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Kinderpostzegels, IN Foundation and ICDI, and is implemented in the Netherlands by De Vrolijkeid. The Nationale Postcode Loterij supports this programme. The main aim of…
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Let Children be Children: Lessons on the Protection and Integration of Refugee Children in Europe
A new report entitled, “Let Children be Children: Lessons from the Field on the Protection and Integration of Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe”, offers 16 inspiring practices that showcases how the child protection services are responding to the needs of refugee and migrant children in Europe. The report is presented in Brussels today. The 16…
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Training for a safe NEST for children in refugee centres in the Netherlands
This was the last part of a two day training for the team managers of the two new Vrolijke Nest Centers at refugee centres in Drachten and Zeewolde. Subjects that were discussed were International Perspectives on Child Development, themes such as agency, resilience and self efficacy of children, and how to deal with destructive/negative behavior. Also the…
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How to provide a safe NEST for children in refugee centres in the Netherlands?
On Monday 30 October ICDI’s Rutger and Mathijs gave the first of two training days to team members of the newest NESTs in The Netherlands (NEST is a creative after school facility for children from asylum seeking families). NESTs are in essence safe, stable places for children growing up in difficult circumstances, where they receive…
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Opening NEST after-school programme refugee centre Zeewolde
Last week, the new NEST in the refugee centre in Zeewolde was officially opened. NEST is an after-school programme for 6-12 year-old children living in refugee centres. The main goal of NEST is to offer children a safe, warm place, in which they can build a trusting relationship with staff and volunteers and do all kinds of activities, to strengthen…
