World Congress of Families (ELFAC)

World Congress of Families

Pro-Family leaders, activists and researchers from 63 nations attended World Congress of
Families V inAmsterdam (August 10-12). Roughly one-third of the over 800 delegates were
Dutch. Other nations represented included the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela,
Chile, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy,Romania, Poland,
Latvia, Moldavia, Slovakia, Russia, Nigeria, Malta, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Kenya, Pakistan, Australia and the Philippines.
WCF V included more than 100 plenary session and panel speakers covering a broad range
of issues affecting the natural family, among them: the psychological effects of child-care,
the value of a faith and family approach to counseling, the rights of parents in public education
and home, the public purposes of marriage, the impact of declining birth rates.

To get to know more about the congress: World Congress of Families News

What is the World Congress of Families?

In August 2009, the World Congress of Families will take place in Amsterdam.
The main theme of this conference is, “The Family: More than the sum of its parts”.
For the few past years, very little attention has actually been paid to this subject
that is so very close to our hearts. The family, which one might actually consider
as the smallest unit of democracy within our society, is the place in which we are
educated as persons and from where we draw our individual identities. It is time
that we fully appreciate the family in accordance with its true value. This is all the
more important in the light of change.

This year’s World Congress of Families shall be the fifth in a series of congresses
already held on this topic. The World Congress of Families is a foundation
established within the United States and which functions as an umbrella organization
for a large number of affiliated foundations. The WCF aims to advance the role of
the family throughout the world.

Do you want to participate in this conference as a volunteer or give financial support,
please contact us via info@worldcongress.nl