NEWS & EVENTS
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What’s the difference between a foster child and an orphan?
Sometimes there is confusion between the term orphan (yateem in Arabic) and foster child. The Muslim community in general easily relates to the needs of orphans overseas - children who no longer have the support of their biological parents due to war, poverty,...
read moreFosterLink Awareness at Being ME Toronto – March 31, 2018
Please visit us at Being ME - Toronto's largest conference for Muslim women. Find the FosterLink booth and we'll answer all your questions on what it takes to become a foster caregiver. Being ME will take place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on...
read moreFostering – A Muslim Response
Canada - as well as much of the world - is experiencing a crisis of a shortage of foster homes. Not only are older foster caregivers retiring, but there is a lack of foster caregivers willing to care for children and adolescents with a variety of needs....
read moreWHAT WE DO?
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HELP MERCY MISSION DELIVER FOSTERING SERVICES
Help Mercy Mission Support Foster Caregivers
BEING A FOSTER CAREGIVER OR VOLUNTEER
There are several ways you can help foster children:
- Becoming a dedicated foster caregiver by providing a caring home for a vulnerable child
- Giving some time to be a relief caregiver by giving a full-time caregiver a break by taking in children for a weekend every few month.
- Mentoring a foster child or teenager by helping them with their homework, taking them to the mosque or teaching them Quran.
- Organizing a community barbeque and invite foster children and their caregivers
- Be a volunteer driver to take children to appointments or pick up groceries