Kralendijk- On Thursday April 11^th, Jeugdzorg & Gezinsvoogdij Caribisch Nederland (JGCN) organized the first café for foster parents on Bonaire.

Director of JGCN Curvin George informed the foster parents about foster care and the developments in this field. But above all the evening was organized to express the appreciation for foster parents.

The debut presentation of this evening was under guidance of moderator and youth professional Areina Martina at Foundation Forma and was titled ‘Bonding and the language of love’. There also was space for the participants to ask questions and discuss various themes.

This ‘foster care café’, an initiative from JGCN, is organized to express appreciation, to inform and to support foster parents. As the first of a three yearly events, the evening was well attended and positively received by foster parents.