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Philip Rego is reaching out to anyone who can offer financial support or adopt a child

Department of Child and Family Services declares the drive a success and invites more to participate

The Government must make an important distinction between aspects of child neglect and poverty within the family when determining whether foster care intervention is needed, social activist Sheelagh Cooper has warned. Ms Cooper was speaking followin...

Bermuda needs at least 10 more foster parents with referrals for foster care increasing since the end of the pandemic. Selena Simons, foster care coordinator for the Department of Child and Family Services, told Hamilton Rotary Club on Tuesday: “Fost...

A frustrated father who fears losing any chance of a relationship with his biological son said he was “treated wrongly from Day 1” after the Department of Child and Family Services deemed him unsuitable for the child’s care. The 61-year-old, who cann...

More than 40 foster parents were treated to an appreciation tea held at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club. The Ministry of Social Development and Seniors joined the Department of Child Development to host the event on May 22 recognising the pare...

More foster parents are needed to help support vulnerable young people in Bermuda. Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that while there are 65 children in foster care, there was still a need for more people willing to ...

A sports performance coach has featured in a book about people who were adopted as children. Spencer Brown, who has a doctorate from the University of Warwick in England, discussed his life and his struggle with Asperger’s in the book Bravely Being ...

Angel Burgess is on a mission and hoping animal lovers in Bermuda will help. She is trying to get seven rescue puppies and their mom in Jamaica adopted by people here. At the moment, they are being cared for by Gary Riley, whose small shelter, Dream ...

Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago have been approved for international adoptions. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said she had cleared the two countries at the request of the Department of Child and Family Services. Approve...

Dennis Blackwell should have arrived in Bermuda yesterday. It was expected to be a joyous occasion, an opportunity to finally meet his birth family after a 20-year search. Thanks to Covid-19, he is instead at home in Indiana; his trip delayed until S...