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A home for when they grow out of theirs SOS Children’s Village expands to help youth aging out of foster care Amy Reid
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SURREY — Walking past the polished Newton home, you’d never guess a six-day-old crack-addicted baby had just moved in. You also wouldn’t guess the home was one of 12 in Surrey custom-built for foster care by SOS Children’s Village. Blending right in, several homes in this neighbourhood house foster families, giving foster children – who either suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome or were drug-addicted at birth – a chance to be part of a real family. Douglas Dunn The international organization already houses about four dozen children in the 12 local homes, including the infant that joined a home this week, and helps hundreds more through its outreach programs. But SOS is now expanding to better help a particularly vulnerable segment of the population – children aging out of foster care once they turn 19. Executive director of SOS Children’s Village B.C. Douglas Dunn said the tragic realities of this circumstance are no secret. “They show up with knives in their pocket ready to commit suicide,” he said. see SUITES WILL HELP › page 7
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