Kindness is not only contagious but has no limits too.
While I have observed and experienced kindness in varied forms, encountered an unique avenue last evening.
A friend of mine was planning to take up a project for kindness since quite some while but for her things were not too straight in USA compared to how it is in India. Almost Everything goes through public administration (social services) or recognized NGOs. She came across something called CASA. It stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate.https://www.casaforchildren.org
The role is being a counsellor for kids staying at foster houses, their actual parents as well as foster parents.
Over there, the concept of orphanages doesn’t exist.
So, if the administration finds orphans or kids having single parent and not taken care off or kids having drug addict parents or in any case where the government feels that the kids aren't taken care off well, they pick up the kid and place them in foster houses.
The care takers at these foster houses are paid to take care of kids. USD 1000 per kid per month. They can be foster parents for upto 6 kids.
There are some or sometimes many who want to become foster parents for the greed of money.
Although the government does a vigilance once in 3 months, that's not enough.
Here, CASA comes into the play. One CASA is allocated one kid for one year. He/She is made responsible to connect actual parents, kids and foster parents. In some cases, actual parents are rehabilitated also so the kid can go back. As mentioned, there might be cases where the kid is ill-treated at the foster house. So he/she needs to be shifted from there to another foster house.
A CASA works 20 hours a week and puts all the efforts to ensure that the kid is doing well. Regular reports are submitted to the administration.
Actions are initiated as necessary. A CASA works at convenience and the administration trains and supports. The role of CASA is voluntary and that means he/she will not be paid and hence, it’s an act of kindness with no vested interest.
Overall, it is a great gesture of working towards a noble initiative of shaping up the future of the lovely kids who are deprived of love, care and shelter.
While I have observed and experienced kindness in varied forms, encountered an unique avenue last evening.
A friend of mine was planning to take up a project for kindness since quite some while but for her things were not too straight in USA compared to how it is in India. Almost Everything goes through public administration (social services) or recognized NGOs. She came across something called CASA. It stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate.https://www.casaforchildren.org
The role is being a counsellor for kids staying at foster houses, their actual parents as well as foster parents.
Over there, the concept of orphanages doesn’t exist.
So, if the administration finds orphans or kids having single parent and not taken care off or kids having drug addict parents or in any case where the government feels that the kids aren't taken care off well, they pick up the kid and place them in foster houses.
The care takers at these foster houses are paid to take care of kids. USD 1000 per kid per month. They can be foster parents for upto 6 kids.
There are some or sometimes many who want to become foster parents for the greed of money.
Although the government does a vigilance once in 3 months, that's not enough.
Here, CASA comes into the play. One CASA is allocated one kid for one year. He/She is made responsible to connect actual parents, kids and foster parents. In some cases, actual parents are rehabilitated also so the kid can go back. As mentioned, there might be cases where the kid is ill-treated at the foster house. So he/she needs to be shifted from there to another foster house.
A CASA works 20 hours a week and puts all the efforts to ensure that the kid is doing well. Regular reports are submitted to the administration.
Actions are initiated as necessary. A CASA works at convenience and the administration trains and supports. The role of CASA is voluntary and that means he/she will not be paid and hence, it’s an act of kindness with no vested interest.
Overall, it is a great gesture of working towards a noble initiative of shaping up the future of the lovely kids who are deprived of love, care and shelter.
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