18 July - Gender - Bancedeni Centre is looking for foster mothers

In today's show, we spoke to Gloria Ntsede - Social auxiliary worker for Cape Town Child Welfare's Bancedeni Centre. She was speaking to us about their call for women to be foster mothers. Bancedeni Centre is inviting women who are interested in temporarily opening up their homes to children who have been abused or abandoned as they will be providing training for those interested. Interested women can become a foster mother by contacting CTCW, completing an application form and returning it with names of two references and a copy of the identity document. Candidates will undergo a screening process which includes a home visit and an interview with the whole family. Thereafter if found suitable and CTCW accepts you as a successful candidate, you will undergo training and go on a waiting list until a child needing a foster home becomes available. For further information you can contact Gloria or Phezisa on (021) 387 0164 or visit their offices in Site C behind the Khayelitsha fire station.