Government and UNICEF Launch Foster Care Campaign

Total Croatia News

The Croatian Ministry of Demography, Family and Youth Affairs and Social Welfare, in collaboration with UNICEF and a civil society organization in the country, has launched a foster care campaign under the slogan "Every Child Needs a Family," according to this article from Total Croatia News. The article reports that the Ministry's statistics indicate that 814 children in the country are living in institutions, 90 of them under the age of three. Recognizing the harms of institutionalization on children, this campaign seeks to enhance the foster care system in Croatia so that children can be cared for in a family setting.