The Child and Family Protection Centre, affiliated with the Sharjah Social Services Department, received a delegation from the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, represented by the Dreama Orphanage Centre, to learn about the centre's experience and its specialised child protection services. The delegation was received by Ms. Fatima Al Marzouqi, Director of the Center, and included Faiza Al Ashqar, Director of the Social Services Department at Dreama, and Alia Al Mansouri, Public Relations Coordinator at the Foundation. During the visit, Al Marzouqi gave a comprehensive presentation on the nature of the center's work, which is one of the first specialized child protection centers in the country. She also reviewed the services provided by the center through the "Ishraqa Center," which provides specialized support to child victims of sexual assault. This includes psychological assessment, counseling, and psychological and behavioral rehabilitation programs, which help erase the effects of the experience and address any potential behavioral deviations. The free hotline (800700) launched by the Social Services Department in 2007 was also introduced to receive general reports from the Department, in addition to those related to children exposed to various forms of abuse, such as physical, sexual, or emotional violence, in addition to neglect and exploitation. A specialized team is responsible for following up on cases and ensuring that the danger to the child is removed immediately. The Family Forum was established in 2010 with the aim of protecting a child's right to see their parents in a safe and prepared environment that ensures the implementation of visitation regulations in a manner that achieves a civilized separation that takes into account the psychological and social stability of children. The forum also seeks to provide families with the necessary guidance to conclude agreements regulating parental relationships after separation, ensuring continued positive communication between parents and children. The forum works to support children and assist them in obtaining their basic rights, such as identification documents, education, and healthcare. It also provides legal representation and ensures the implementation of judicial rulings issued against them by the competent court, thus ensuring a stable and safe family environment. Al Marzouqi also reviewed the services of the Social Welfare Home for Children, established in 2006. The home aims to provide shelter for children without social care, whether of unknown parentage or whose mothers are known, until they are transferred to suitable alternative families to permanently accommodate them. The home also provides shelter for victims of family breakdown and domestic violence. The home provides psychological and social rehabilitation, and the psychological effects of the assault or abuse they have suffered are mitigated. The home provides comprehensive care for children, covering their living, educational, and social needs, while ensuring they receive the necessary healthcare and obtaining official identification documents for children without social care. The home also seeks to return children who are victims of family breakdown to their families whenever appropriate conditions exist, or to integrate them into alternative families that provide the necessary elements for proper care. The home also focuses on preparing young men and women of unknown parentage who have reached the age of eighteen to integrate into society by supporting them with employment opportunities, completing their education, facilitating marriage, and equipping them with skills that will help them achieve independence and self-reliance. Within the framework of adoption programs, specialized teams supervise the selection of suitable foster families for children of unknown parentage, and continuously monitor the process to ensure the safety and stability of the adoption process and to provide a healthy and safe family environment for the children. For its part, the Qatari delegation presented an introduction to the Dreama Orphan Care Center, which was established in Qatar in 2002 and aims to provide comprehensive care to orphans, considering them an integral part of the fabric of society. The center aims to ensure the stability of children by placing them with alternative foster families, working to fully integrate them into society, and raising community awareness of the importance of fostering and its positive impact. Dreama seeks to provide a safe and stable environment for targeted children and reduce the number of residents in shelters to the lowest possible level by adopting alternative family solutions. The Center also places great emphasis on building and developing institutional capacities to ensure the sustainability and quality of its services. The center targets children who have lost their parents or have been temporarily or permanently deprived of a normal family environment, provided they are under 18 years of age, including those whose parent(s) are unknown, within a framework of integrated care and humane and social support.