Volunteer with our Foster Care Children’s Village

What is the Meli Children’s Village?

The Foster Care Children’s Village has been created to establish a support network for Meli’s Foster Care families.

Through the village, we recruit dedicated volunteers who are keen to support children and their foster carers in a range of practical ways. It might be assisting with transport to school or daycare, being a mentor and friend, helping with childcare, or accompanying children to extracurricular activities. It’s a wonderful way to support your community and bring joy to a child living in foster care.

We are looking for people who:

• have some experience with children
• are warm, flexible and sensitive in their approach to children, having awareness of the vulnerability of the children they will be working with
• are able to build a rapport and communicate with children at their developmental level
• able to commit to volunteering for two to three hours each fortnight for at least six months
• have a driver’s license or can use public transport to implement their tasks
• are willing to obtain (police check national & international, if applicable), WWC and other mandatory checks as required.

If you have thought about being a foster carer but now isn’t the right time, consider becoming a Villager.

The Foster Care Children’s Village Project is a two-year pilot program funded through the Anthony Costa Foundation.