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Foster Care Reflection

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My visit to foster care in the summer of 2013 in Dubai, U.A.E. taught me that happiness doesn’t depend on materialistic things or aspects, but rather on intangible things. When a group of volunteers on the street in Dubai Marina handed out flyers about foster care visits, my friends and I decided to visit a foster care as a part of giving back. We were very nervous about the visit, after all we have never dealt with such a situation. We were scared to hurt the feelings of those kids by showing redundant empathy. We arrived at the foster care at approximately 10 o’clock and were greeted by an advisor who was going to accompany us. It gave us a peace of mind knowing that we had a trained and experienced person with us
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