Tag: informal
‘Start the conversation’: campaign must prepare informal carers
With the campaign, they mainly hope to prepare people between the ages of 50 and 65, whose parents will soon need help. Because with a retreating government, fewer care places…
Pressure on informal carers in the summer period, extra help needed in care institutions
This development creates extra pressure, more anxiety and less holiday for the informal carer, according to the National Informal Care Panel of MantelzorgNL. “Care institutions and nursing homes where the…
Haiti: an informal political meeting without much hope in Jamaica
The day after the United States – Caribbean Community (Caricom) meeting in the Bahamas, the Haitian political class is invited to participate in a meeting in Kingston, Jamaica. The three-day…
1 in 4 young people is an informal carer, but what does that mean and who are they?
They also try to reach young people through schools. Then both teachers and students receive a lesson in the context of the ‘informal care-friendly school’. Karoum: “That lesson caused a…
Informal NATO meeting in Oslo, Norway
Foreign ministers of NATO countries met at an informal meeting in Oslo, the capital of Norway, to discuss the preparations for the Vilnius Summit. NATO foreign ministers met at the…
“Hello French”, the Instagram account for learning informal French
With over a million followers on Instagram, the account Hello French has become in a few months a must on social networks, especially abroad, for learning French. And not just…
Congo-Brazzaville held its first meeting of the informal economy
Initiated by the government and supported by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), they made it possible to identify the challenges and envisage solutions with a…
Strikes at the SNCF, at the hospital … Unions overwhelmed by informal collectives
The pattern is starting to become familiar. The strike which paralyzed part of the main line network (TGV and Intercités) this weekend in early December was not initiated by the…
The rainy season in Senegal, synonymous with hardship for workers in the informal sector
During this winter period, thunderstorms are frequent over almost all of Senegal, especially in the western half. In Dakar, the rains have done damage this week, with flooding in certain…
Informal carers want more help with care tasks and in finding their way in ‘care country’
Willeke is happy that she has her mother at home, but it is very busy. “You figure yourself out. You also notice it in your social contacts, because yes, you…