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Promoting the best interests of vulnerable children through
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The maestral is a favourable sailing breeze off the Adriatic coast that brings joy to those plying its waters. The name is also suggestive of the word maestro, which means 'teacher.' Maestral's mission is to 'fill the sails' of efforts to help vulnerable children.
Maestral International is a team of leading global experts working to promote the development of child welfare and child protection systems that meet the needs of children and families, especially the most vulnerable. The company was founded in March 2009 as an outgrowth of the Children in Families Initiative ("CIF") of the GHR Foundation. GHR's grant program currently supports efforts to meet the needs of children in high-risk situations in Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Kenya, Nepal, Ukraine and Vietnam by expanding effective community-based and family-oriented models. Drawing on their experience with CIF, the Initiative's advisors joined forces to found Maestral in response to the widespread and increasingly recognized need to establish child and family systems that are comprehensive, effectively managed and rigorously monitored and evaluated.
Maestral International seeks to promote a broad spectrum of comprehensive interventions and child care options. Maestral also encourages greater coordination between public, multilateral, bilateral, and private agencies responsible for vulnerable children. Collectively, Maestral's principals have more than a century of experience working on child welfare and child protection in some of the most challenging countries and environments in the world.
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