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16 December 11
A British charity which aims to shut down all of Romania’s bleak state-run orphanages by 2020 is set to close its 45th orphanage just in time for Christmas. The last of the 72 abandoned and orphaned children warehoused in the Onesti Orphanage, in …
Read more06 December 11
Bulgaria is set to revolutionise its outdated childcare practices by outlawing the systematic warehousing of thousands of abandoned babies in grim state-run orphanages.A groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will enable the EU and the …
Read more24 November 11
The British charity Hope and Homes for children is set to develop a foster care system in Belarus - preventing thousands of babies being abandoned to harmful orphanages each year.By redirecting funds into establishing foster care and preventing …
Read more17 November 11
A number of Eastern European countries which continue to warehouse babies in harmful orphanages are gathering for an historic meeting in an attempt to revolutionise their outdated childcare practices. Government officials from across Central and …
Read more03 November 11
The breakdown of the UK adoption system is failing countless vulnerable young lives across the world – not just in Britain. That is the damning verdict of the international charity Hope and homes for Children, which is calling for a shakeup in …
Read more28 October 11
Ukraine has officially closed the first of its 636 orphanages and established a new multi-purpose community centre – paving the way for a complete overhaul in the country’s outdated state-run childcare practices. The Ray of Hope Social Centre …
Read more28 October 11
An international women’s organisation has reached its £1 million fundraising target for a Salisbury-based charity’s lifesaving work in West Africa. Members of Soroptimist International celebrated surpassing the £1 million mark for Hope and …
Read more18 October 11
Mark Waddington has become the new Chief Executive of the international charity Hope and Homes for Children. Mark, 42, joined the Salisbury-based charity on Monday from War Child - where he has been CEO since 2004. He replaces Rick Foulsham CMG, …
Read more06 October 11
A Salisbury man has cycled from London to Prague before running his first marathon – all to raise money for the charity he works for. Mike Partridge, 27, of Bemerton Heath, cycled 1,350 kilometres in 11 days and then ran the Berlin Marathon a day …
Read more06 October 11
A group of financial and law experts from Gloucestershire have travelled to Moldova to see firsthand how their fundraising efforts are helping a UK charity close harmful children orphanages. During the past eight years John Storm, Huw Jones, …
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Our pioneering project to reform childcare in Rwanda and close its first orphanage has attracted the attention of The Spectator magazine.
"Bulgaria's shift towards orphanage-free childcare makes it one of the most progressive reformers in the region" http://t.co/1t8t5X8q
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