By Heather Askew | Jojo's Sanctuary Project Leader
Today we had a great meeting with Care for Children, a non-profit assisting the Thai government with creating the infrastructure to support a foster care system. We discussed what both of our groups consider essential trainings for potential foster parents to receive in order to provide the best support for children who cannot be raised by their biological parents for one reason or another. We discovered that a major roadblock for the Thai government is the lack of funding for these trainings.
Since most foster parents are low to middle income, missing a day of work to attend a training, however important, would require them to miss out on income they need to take care of their family. In order to provide this training, families would need to be compensated for lost wages, cost of transportation and lunch. Even though this would total only about $150 per training for 30 families, the social welfare budget is so tight, if they spent this money on a training, it would mean not being able to give financial assistance to foster families for food and toiletries for the children they care for during the months of the training. The money raised through this campaign will be used to come alongside the government to cover the costs of these trainings for current and prospective foster families, improving the lives of both foster children and the families who care for them. Thank you for your support as we continue to work with the Thai government to provide well for their children.
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