ABSTRACT
The SOS-Kinderdorf International Office Sarajevo was founded and registered with the local authorities as a legal entity. Normally, two prerequisites must be fulfilled for SOS Children’s Villages to organize temporary assistance services. First, the situation must truly be an extraordinary one, requiring instant and targeted aid, such as war or natural disasters. Secondly, SOS Children’s Villages must already operate facilities in the country so that the necessary infrastructure is available. Financial aid meant a great deal to the foster families, but they also required professional support. Foster parents as well as foster children needed professional psychological aid. It is a known fact that children who have been separated from their families or who are placed in socially and emotionally labile families, are particularly vulnerable. The reactions of the parents and their own helplessness can influence and hinder the ability of the child to process his or her trauma.
