IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD
Developing quality foster care in transforming societies - European plus regional training conference
21-24 October 2012, Dedeman Princess Hotel Sofia, Bulgaria

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During the last week of March from the 26th to the 30th three social workers from the foster care team within APPOGG, Josephine Muscat, Lisa Cilia and John Role’ participated in two events organized by the Fostering Network in the UK. These two events consisted of two days of online...

On Saturday 12 May the Foster Care Team organised it’s second ongoing training seminar for this year. The theme chosen for this seminar was Child’s Identity and Life Story Work.. The venue that this training took place was in the University Chapel at Tal-Qroqq. Over 30 foster carers participated in this...

Since 2006, the number of fostering families increased from 159 to 228 families during 2011. There has also been a substantial increase in the number of girls fostered. The number of fostered children since 2006 has gone up by 73 to 259 according to information tabled in parliament by Justice...

Following the much-publicised case of the Eritrean girl caught up in a legal battle between her foster carer and her family earlier this week, fostering and adoption laws are to be revised. A spokesperson for the Minister for Justice, Dialogue and the Family, Chris Said told MaltaToday amendments to the...

Foster parent demands appropriate psychological preparation for child to be reintegrated back into family of Eritrean refugees being relocated to Switzerland. The Family Court will hear a psychotherapist’s testimony on the custody application filed by a foster parent. A court-appointed psychotherapist today testifies in the court of Judge Abigail Lofaro...