IFCA-Japan will be collecting surveys on foster youth and COVID 19.
The goal of this survey is to collect data on how COVID 19 is impacting the lives of young people who left foster care in Japan.
Youth Summit speech on the situation of child welfare in Japan
SANG-WON YU
Greetings/Foreword
Hello, everyone. My name is Sang-Won Yu. Today, I would like to talk about the situation of child welfare in Japan, showing some statistics and discussing my own experience as an example of the actual lives of foster youth.
The life in an orphanage – what is orphanage like? How long didI have to stay […]
Noriko Yamamoto – Speech 2017 Summer
Noriko Yamamoto
When I entered a foster care facility there were many people who were joining the work force rather than pursuing higher education. Almost all of them said they gave up on going on to higher education because their “knowledge was lacking”, they “couldn’t pay tuition fees”, or they […]
Louie Gasper – Youth Advocacy
Louie Gasper
I’ve had the amazing opportunity to advocate for foster youth in many different ways since 2011, when I was thirteen. In 2011, I was living in a group home in California and would frequently runaway or act out because of my misplaced energy and life circumstances. I looked […]
Experience Living In An Independent Living Program
Thalia Garcia
Living in an independent living program was a difficult experience, but I managed to rise above the difficulties.
The program was called Pathways. I came to this program at 17, because I had to exit the foster care system and was still experiencing homelessness. Although I was sad and […]
YN Speech 2017 Summer
Hello Everyone. I am YN with IFCA Japan Alumni Team. I am 19 years and am in my sophomore year studying social work at a university.
I was originally raised by my mother who was a single parent. However, when I was 14 years old, my mother became seriously mentally […]
Driving to Normalcy
Justine Mantz
Hello,
My name is Justine Mantz, I am 23 years old, and I am a new member of IFCA’s Foster Care Alumni team. | Last June I completed my bachelors degree in Environmental Science at the University of Washington.| Now I am working on growing my online vintage […]
My Life, My Normalcy – Looking Back My Own Experience
A.S.
Hello everyone. My name is Aoi and I am part of the Japan Youth. Today I am going to talk about my foster care experience based on “normalcy”.
I was often strongly aware of the differences between myself and my surroundings living under foster care. I would like to present […]
What is Normalcy??
Ellena Jones
Hello, I am Ellena Jones, one of the co-directors on IFCA’s Alumni team. Just a little background about me I am currently a student at the University of Washington studying Social work. Before I go into more detail, I want to give a […]
Kinship Care and Normalcy
Kim Hines
1) What is Kinship Care?
– Kinship care is the care of children by relatives. Placement with relative is preferred over other forms of foster care when a youth is removed from their birth parents because it allows the youth to maintain connections with their families. Kinship care is […]