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The People of Malta “Wara tnax-il sena li jiena u r-raġel ma kellniex it-tfal tagħna, għażilna li mmorru għall-fostering. Ma kinitx b’għażla li ma jkollniex tfal. Għaddejt minn ħafna tbatija speċjalment li kull darba kont nitlef it-tarbija. Il-problema ta’ ‘recurrent miscarriages’ hija sitwazzjoni partikolari u li jgħaddu minnha ħafna nies. Illum nieħdu ħsieb tlett itfal, […]

Bil-fostering ħajti nbidlet mil-lejl għan-nhar. Dan intqal minn Giulio Aquilina, li għandu tmintax-il sena u erba’ snin ilu kien ġie fostered. Giulio spjega magħna kif huwa minn dejjem xtaq li jkun fostered, sabiex iħossu bħala parti minn familja. Qal li huwa kien jistħi u waqt konferenza quddiem mijiet ta’ persuni wassal biex qal xewqtu: “Imma […]

Just as much as the fostering system is seen as a good gesture for children who end up being taken away from their families, so much more is still a stigma on those people who talk about these experiences. In fact, many go through negative experiences because they have simply been raised with fostered families. […]

Taħriġ dwar fostering ibbażat fuq ‘My Backpack’ Is-Sibt filgħodu sar taħriġ għal persuni li jixtiequ jibdew jagħmlu fostering ta’ tfal bejn l-4 u t-12-il sena, bit-taħriġ jiffoka fuq il-programm ‘My Backpack’ li qed ikun applikat f’diversi pajjiżi Ewropej. Dan il-programm, li ġie ddiżinjat mis-Social Worker Bep van Sloten, joffri mekkaniżmu ta’ għajnuna għat-tfal biex fl-aħħar […]

  Training was held on Saturday morning for people who want to start fostering children between the ages of 4 and 12, with the training focusing on the ‘My Backpack’ program which is being applied in several European countries. This program, designed by Social Worker Bep van Sloten, offers a mechanism to help children ultimately […]

15 children were removed from the family environment they were living in and placed into the care and custody of welfare services in 2020. A child went back to live with their biological family by the end of that same year, with the parents regaining full custody of the child. The information was tabled in […]

The trauma of reconnecting children with biological parents after several years New contact after children went through ‘bereavement phase’ is problematic Sarah Carabott   Foster parents are warning that recent efforts to reintroduce children to their biological parents after several years of no contact could be traumatic. Those who spoke to Times of Malta over the past […]