He might be almost 70 years old, but Aboriginal respite carer Ralph Naden said he has no plans of giving up being a carer.
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This week, from 14 to 20 is Foster Care Week, a week that honours the essential role played by foster carers in the community.
The theme for this year's Foster Care Week is 'Caring for Carers', highlighting the value of carers.
Mr Naden, who lives in Balladoran, said he became a foster parent to provide love and care for those in need.
"I started a long, long time ago when I was working for Juvenile Justice as a mentor," Mr Naden said.
He said he is unable to put a number on the amount of foster children he has looked after at his Balladoran Aboriginal Youth and Cultural Camp.
Mr Naden established the camp more than a decade ago to provide support, teach respect and allow the children to learn about their cultural heritage.
"Heaps of kids come through my place from Bourke, Broome, Wilcannia and all those places. It's ongoing, all the time, it never ends."
"Even though their mums and dads love them they're lacking something these kids. They get themselves into trouble, get themselves in the system and they can't get themselves out.
"These kids just need that love and care, bless them."
In 2011, Mr Naden was awarded NSW Volunteer of the Year, he was also recognised in Parliament in 2012, where Minister for Western NSW Kevin Humphries said Mr Naden was "one of the most inspirational, committed and community-minded members of [his] electorate".
To care for those in need, Fostering NSW said the state needs 450 new carers to volunteer in the next year.
Would Mr Naden recommend becoming a foster parent?
"If they've got the love for the kids like I do. If they can teach them the good things in life," he said.
"When you buy a young kid a present and you see that look in their eyes... it's very rewarding."
Despite getting older, Mr Naden said he won't stop being a carer anytime soon.
"I've got to keep going, I've got to fulfil [my late wife's] dream," he said.
Mr Naden said the nomination for Volunteer of the Year shows that someone must also be looking out for him.
"I'm doing the best I can for an old fella."