A team meeting of participants in the project on the model for taking care of unaccompanied migrant children – ALFACA - was held in mid-February in Sofia. The initiative is part of the entire PROFUCE project managed by the Innocenti Institute (Italy).
The training included social workers from child protection departments, regional foster care teams, foster parents, and human rights lawyers from non-governmental organizations involved in migration issues.
The initiative for foster care development for unaccompanied children is implemented by the Istituto degli Innocenti di Firenze (Italy) in partnership with the Know-How Center for Alternative Childcare (Bulgaria)
Half of the Bulgarians would entrust their children to foster parents if an incident occurs with them, shows a national poll
The National Foster Care Association handed out the awards “Childhood Saviors” for the second time on the occasion of the Day of Foster Parents and Foster Care.
261 Bulgarian children from foster families from 1 to 12 grade received backpacks with school supplies and kits, a gift from the leading telecom Mtel and the National Foster Care Association on the occasion of the school year start.