Summary:
The family is yet to recover from the return of the foster child to the child care institute. Salma was brought home under the District Child Welfare Committee’s Vacation Foster Care (VFC) programme. Hafzeena, protection officer, non-institutional care, District Child Protection Unit (DCPU). Salma was the youngest of the 17 children sent to foster homes during this vacation and she had experienced parental care for the first time. “We received amazing feedback from the parents at a gathering we organised for the children and their foster parents last Saturday,” District Child Protection Officer K.B..