Making Families

We support children who cannot safely remain with their own families to grow up in safe, loving families through foster care, reunification, kinship care, and adoption.

Each week, children are abandoned, abused, or separated from their families due to crisis. Working in partnership with local government, we recruit, train, and support foster families and provide professional case management to ensure every child has a safe, stable, and long-term family plan.

Whenever possible, children are reunited with relatives or placed in kinship care. When this is not safe, children are supported in foster care or adoption. For some children, this means long-term foster care that provides consistency, belonging, and committed caregivers.

How We Do This

Foster care and case management
We recruit, assess, train, and support foster families, and provide ongoing case management to ensure each child’s safety, well-being, and long-term care and support.

Emergency response and child protection
We operate a 24/7 child protection helpline to respond to children in emergency situations, including abuse, abandonment, and exploitation. Our team works closely with police and local authorities to assess risk, ensure immediate safety, and coordinate appropriate care.

Investigation and legal support
When children have experienced abuse or serious harm, we support child protection investigations and help families access legal aid. This work strengthens accountability and has led to the prosecution and conviction of offenders.

Family tracing and permanent care
We support family tracing, reunification, kinship care, and adoption, working closely with government and community partners to secure safe, permanent family outcomes for children.

Supporting Children in Families

The children we work with are vulnerable for many reasons, including poverty, disability, loss, abuse, and family crisis. We provide support such as medical care, counselling, education assistance, and ongoing social work to help children and families heal and thrive over time.

Why This Matters

Children need safety, protection, and belonging. By responding to emergencies, strengthening child protection systems, and supporting children to grow up in families, we help create safer communities and lasting change for children.

This is how families are formed and children are protected.