It is our pleasure to announce that ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action has started the implementation of the educational program “Foster Family as a Place for the Recovery and Reintegration of Human Trafficking Victims” accredited by the Accreditation Board of the Republic Institute for Social Protection on October 25th 2011. ASTRA created the program for foster parents and professionals who provide support to foster families in cooperation with the Children and Youth Foster Care Center.
The first training, aimed at enabling foster care professionals and parents to work with trafficked children, took place on April 27 and 28 2012. and gathered participants from Belgrade and Kolubara District. Trainings should contribute to solving current problems in supporting and aiding victims of human trafficking, particularly emprovement of social reintegration of minor victims, a process depending on emotional support, adequate accomondation and protection – things current system does not and foster families might provide.