For children and young people in distress
The Centre d’Accueil Norbert Ensch (CANE) is a reception centre that aims to offer children, adolescents and young adults a safe place where everyone’s rights are respected and individual development is encouraged.
As part of our inpatient care for children and young people, we offer children, teenagers and young adults (0-27 years) educational support and supervision in a safe living environment during their stay in our living groups. Our work is based on a participative and respectful attitude, so as to provide the young residents with the necessary framework conditions for their positive development and the growth of their personality. It is also important to work as equals with the resident and his or her network.
Our vision is to create a safe place for children, teenagers and young adults, which enables and encourages their growth and development. They are open to individuality, complexity, encounters and cultures. They are safe places where people come together and grow through communication, creativity and the courage to try new things in order to meet the demands of life.
An MNA is a foreign child from a third country who arrives in Luxembourg unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
CANE’s seven living groups provide a safe environment for UFMs, while respecting the rights of the child and taking into account their migration history.
The aim of working with UFMs is to prepare them for independence.
CANE takes in children and young people aged 4 to 18 in four living groups – soon to be five (opening mid-2025) – while respecting their background and individual needs.
These day and night facilities take in children and young people placed in care by a judge or voluntarily. The Luxembourg Red Cross offers them a safe place to live, group and individual work, the development of a life project, work with families and support with schooling or career guidance.
The main objective is, if possible, to return them to their families.
For more information on childcare in Luxembourg, visit the website of Office national de l’Enfance.
Centre d’accueil Norbert Ensch
Phone: 27 55-6600
E-mail: cane@croix-rouge.lu
Address: 10, Cité Henri Dunant – L-8095 Bertrange
