We hold "Yokohama Port Family Enlightenment Lecture" in 2020.

We hold "Yokohama Port Family Enlightenment Lecture" in 2020.
Foster parents are a "child system" in which children who cannot live with their families for various reasons are brought into their homes and raised as members of the family.
Currently, about 100 children between the ages of 0 and 18 live in foster homes in Yokohama. In addition, there are various motives of those who are working as foster parents and lifestyles such as child care and work.
Do you not think about child living in foster parent home, foster home together?
※"Yokohama Port Family" is a nickname for foster parents in Yokohama City.

Date and time: Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 14:00 to 16:30 (opening 13:30)
Venue: Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall No.6 Conference Room
Contents
Part 1: Explanation "About foster parent system in Yokohama City" (20 minutes)
Part 2: Lecture "What we can do for the children living in the future" (Machiko Yamamoto, full-time lecturer, Faculty of Human Relations, Otsuma Women's University) (40 minutes)
Part 3: Experiences by active foster parents "Messages for Foster Parents" (60 minutes)
Participation target: 40 Yokohama citizens who are interested in the foster parent system (first come, first served)
Application: Accepted on a first-come, first-served basis from September 11, 2020 (Please apply from the detailed URL)