Archive for September 2015 - SOS Children's Villages

15 September 2015 Mom, grandma foster mom

Mrs. Chawatama is a 56 year old mother and grandmother from Specimen, Glen Norah A. According to her, she is a “natural foster caregiver” as she has always looked after children from her relatives. Currently Mrs. Chawatama lives with three biological grandchildren and other grandchildren from the extended family. She opens up to SOS Children’s Villages about family, and fostering. Why do you foster? Fostering has been my passion for a very long time. I have looked after c...

15 September 2015 Please... Care for me

In 2014, SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe published an assessment of the alternative care system in the country as part of its efforts to lobby government on a review of foster care policies in Zimbabwe. Through the global Care For ME! campaign, SOS Children’s Villages advocates for the rights of children in alternative care. The main purpose of the assessment was to identify different forms of alternative care systems in Zimbabwe and to analyse administrative arrangements in each o...