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Home-Start Malta looking for volunteers
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Home-Start Malta is looking for new volunteers to join its current team of volunteers. These volunteers will be supporting families, who have at least one child under the age of 5, while bringing up their children.

Families receiving this service are given the support and guidance needed when facing challenging situations . These include illness, multiple birth, post-natal depression, mental and physical disability, isolation and lack of parenting skills. The presence of these difficulties may lead to crisis. Volunteers build a friendly and supportive relationship with parents and also offer practical support such as accompanying parents to medical appointments, help parents organise better their household chores such as cooking and cleaning, and budgeting skills amongst others.

Home-Start is a service that originated in the UK in the 70's. Home-Start Malta started off in 2006 and is supported by Agenzija Appogg in collaboration with Home-Start International, and sponsored by HSBC Cares for Children Fund and Vodafone Malta Foundation. The service is provided within the localities of Cospicua, Senglea, Vittoriosa, Kalkara, Fgura, Zejtun and Zabbar.

To become a Home-Start volunteer, the only pre-requisite is that of being a parent or having parenting experience such as a foster carer or carer of younger siblings. This is important as the volunteers will be able to understand the hardships and joys the families are facing whilst bringing up young children.

Home-Start Malta needs volunteers

Volunteers come from all walks of life – from young parents who help other young parents, and parents whose children have just started school, to ‘empty-nesters’ and grandparents. Friendliness and a caring attitude is indispensable since this service is based on the relationship built between the family and the volunteer.

Those interested in joining the Home-Start Team may call for more information on 2167 8043 or on 9901 8398; send an email on home.start@maltanet.net.

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