#childrens-welfare

#childrens-welfare

The celebration unfolded at The Staaten, when Seamen's Society hosted its annual Scholarship, honoring 21 students in foster care who were awarded scholarships totaling over $30,000 for the upcoming academic year.

"It was really difficult for me at first, I didn't know what to do or where to go, I didn't speak English at first. I never had somebody there who I could speak to, who I could open up to about how I was feeling. That was the hard thing, and if you don't have anyone you can trust, how do you navigate the system - how do you understand the system?"

More than a quarter (28pc) of those surveyed felt at some point they did not have enough food to feed their children.

"This contributes to structural racism," she said. "That's not the aim, I understand that, but that's what it's doing."