By Sanya Younoussi | Staff Member
Kidsave’s work in Sierra Leone to find families for Ebola orphans living in orphanages was hampered by heavy rain and flooding, making it hard to travel on muddy roads and find the families of these children. But Kidsave’s program in Sierra Leone has stayed the course in reunifying children with their family members.
Not only does Kidsave work to find the families of these children, and if none can be found find new families to adopt them – we also monitor their situations to be sure all is going well and make adjustments if there are any problems. Over the summer, 20 families in which Ebola orphaned children were placed were monitored.
Also, this past summer, 22 parents who received microloan support from Kidsave’s Family Strengthening Program were trained in best practices in foster care giving in the Pujehun and Bo districts.
And twelve para-social workers from four communities were also trained in several aspects of the Kidsave program. They learned how to work with children and families; how to monitor children and families; how to collect and record data of children and families; and how to collect and record microloans of families who have received loans from Kidsave.
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