#SheProtectsChildren

This March, for Women’s History Month, uncover with us the diverse stories of incredible women. Mothers, social workers, care leavers, policy and programmes directors—women from across the spectrum of childcare reform who, with your support, will tear down the damaging, repressive orphanage systems that institutionalise and brutalise children.

Read Rukhiya’s story

Latest news

Hope and Homes for Children is at the forefront of a growing global movement to eliminate orphanages globally.

News

Actress Olga Kurylenko urges Ukraine not to scrap plans to free 100,000 children from orphanages
Our Ukraine-born Global Ambassador is calling on the eastern European country to stop locking up children and not to backpedal on plans to shut down its 700 state-run orphanages by 2026.
Ukraine must not backtrack on shutting down its 700 orphanages
Ukraine’s U-turn on shutting the world’s biggest network of state-run orphanages flies in the face of international law and leaves 100,000 children at risk of torture, sexual violence and trafficking.
Urgent action needed to protect children from institutions in Ukraine
International child care experts agree that reform is urgently needed to replace institutions with family-based care for all children, after completing a comprehensive review of research into the scale and impact of orphanage use worldwide.
Children confined to orphanages because of disability must not be forgotten in a post-Covid world
International child care experts agree that reform is urgently needed to replace institutions with family-based care for all children, after completing a comprehensive review of research into the scale and impact of orphanage use worldwide.

Latest blog posts

Blog

Rukhiya’s story, part I: Growing up in an orphanage shaped my life
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re sharing the stories of remarkable women helping to strengthen and support families. Today, Rukhiya Budden describes how her harrowing childhood in Kenya drives her determination to help end orphanages.
Why helping parents beat alcoholism is key to closing orphanages in Ukraine
For parents leading very tough lives, alcohol can be a way to relieve pain, forget problems and escape humiliation, but at a terrible cost to children and families.
In support of distance learning
Children staying away from school to stay safe from Coronavirus instead risk illiteracy and social exclusion. Tsvetan Dimitrov explains how Hope and Homes for Children in Bulgaria are helping students to access education despite the pandemic.
A Balkan journey: The catalyst for Hope and Homes for Children
On the 25th anniversary of the Dayton Accord, which formally ended the Bosnian war in 1995, our founder Mark Cook reflects on how that conflict became the catalyst for Hope and Homes for Children.

Future Gifts and cards

Our selection of Future Gifts and cards is now available to buy online. Every purchase helps to give even more children the one thing they want and need most in the world: a family to love them.

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A global movement for change

Hope and Homes for Children is working towards a day where every child can grow up in a loving family. We know we will only achieve this by working with others. Through our partnerships with national governments, civil society organisations, international agencies, corporate donors and committed individuals, we are helping to build a global movement that will eliminate orphanages in our lifetime.

Our work

In numbers

Every child wants a safe, loving family to grow up in. But over 8 million children confined to orphanages around the world are denied this, with often catastrophic effects.

Transforming childcare systems

Hope and Homes for Children is working alongside governments and civil society organisations in over 30 countries to dismantle orphanage-based care systems. Our transformation model is driving reform and laying the foundations for long-lasting change.

Children’s stories

We’re inspired by the courage and resilience of the children we work for. Here are some of their stories.

Stories

“They said how could you possibly want to keep black children?”
Today, Kaloyan and Maria are the centre of attention in a happy home. But the twins spent their first five months in an orphanage, because social prejudice and poor health meant their parents could not care for them alone.
Poverty and prejudice sent Maxim to an orphanage; love and determination brought him home
The authorities in Moldova had no faith that a single father could care for a child with disabilities on his own. Two days before Christmas, at just three years old, Maxim was taken from his home to an orphanage.
Whatever the crisis, we’re there to keep Therese and her family together
With our help, Therese’s mum had been able to train as a tailor and earn an income to support the family. But when Coronavirus hit, lockdown meant the family became deprived of essential supplies—until our team in Rwanda stepped in with emergency support.
Tatiana fought to survive orphanage care; she shouldn’t have to fight for her future, too
Tatiana is nine years-old now and knows just what she needs to be happy. But then Tatiana has always known her own mind; even as a tiny child, trapped in an orphanage cot

Upcoming challenges

Trek Bosnia
Unfortunately, this year’s Trek Bosnia challenge has been cancelled. Please do keep checking back for news about our overseas challenge in 2021.
Marathon Walk London
Saturday 4 September 2021
London
If running a marathon isn’t for you, join Team Hope this September for a marathon walk around the capital
Royal Parks Half Marathon
Sunday 11 April 2021
Sunday 10 October 2021
Hyde Park, London
Register today to secure your place in one of two half marathons in 2021

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