Overview
The Foster Care Project was initiated in
2011 and currently employs a foster mother to care for two children. These
children stay with their foster mother and are raised in a stable and caring
environment. The Trust provides them with housing, groceries, clothing,
education and emotional support.
Although the
initial focus was to create a cluster foster care centre where more children
could enjoy a safe and loving home environment, current legislative
requirements and budgetary constraints have limited the Trust to realise this
goal.
The Trust has
opted to alleviate the urgent need for a more stable and safe home environment
for destitute children by leasing a suitable and well-equipped house. A
caregiver or foster mother was appointed to live at the home caring for the
children’s every need on a 24 hour basis. Social workers visit the foster home
regularly to evaluate the progress of the children and the effectiveness of the
foster care.
Objectives
- To provide a permanent, stable,
safe, nurturing, caring, loving and family home environment for children to
grow up in
- To address and effectively
reduce the added trauma of children feeling displaced as a result of being
relocated several times
- To ensure that children have a
stable and continued access to education and school
- To restore self-worth and
dignity of children, as well as the encourage healthy social interaction as
part of the healing process
- To act as support and
compliment the Social Services’ placement process of children in need of a safe
and protected environment
How
can you help?
The biggest challenge is to ensure that the
project remains sustainable financially for the future. The foster care home
depends heavily on community support whether financially or in kind, and has a
fixed monthly expense that must be covered. The home therefore needs committed
monthly funding for an extended period.
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