Join Hope and Homes for Children for a special evening of art, reflection, and connection in collaboration with The Almas Art Foundation.
We are proud to support the launch of the Almas Art Foundation Gallery and its inaugural exhibition, which showcases the powerful work of Sudanese artists. Many of these artists have faced displacement, and their pieces explore themes of identity, resilience, and protection—echoing the experiences of children separated from their families by conflict and crisis.
Mark Waddington, CEO of Hope and Homes for Children, will share how—through more than three decades of work across the world—we are leading the movement to replace orphanages with family-based care. Together with our partners, we work to prevent family separation, reunite children with safe and loving families, and reform child protection systems for lasting change.
This is an opportunity to explore how art can spark conversation and inspire collective action—and to imagine a world where every child grows up with the love and belonging of a family.
Hope and Homes for Children is a global leader in the movement to end the institutionalisation of children. For over 30 years, the organisation has worked to ensure that no child grows up alone. Instead of orphanages, Hope and Homes helps build family and community-based, sustainable systems of care that provide children with the love, safety, and support of a family.
We worked in Sudan, for over two decades to transform child protection. Beginning with support for displaced children in Khartoum, the team helped develop alternatives to institutional care across the country. They co-created national policies and services to reunite children with families, supported unmarried mothers, and addressed deeply rooted stigma around child abandonment. Sadly, due to the heightened levels of conflict we withdrew from Sudan in 2021.
Today, Sudan is facing the world’s largest child displacement crisis, with over 5 million children forced from their homes by conflict. Millions more are at risk due to famine, floods, and the collapse of education and health systems. The legacy of Hope and Homes for Children’s work in Sudan remains deeply relevant, offering a model for how to protect children through family-based care even in the most challenging contexts.
Hope and Homes for Children currently work in Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. And support our partners Child i Foundation in Uganda. Our childcare reform practises particularly in Rwanda are evidencing how change can be implemented across the region.
Benjamin*, who had physical disabilities, learning difficulties, verbal impairments and epilepsy, faced stigma and rejection from the moment he was born. His mother struggled with homelessness after being turned away by her family due to his disabilities.
Today, Benjamin is thriving in a stable home environment
Our team, in Rwanda, came to learn about his case and identified his family as requiring Active Family Support, particularly to improve their living conditions and to address Benjamin’s health needs. We financially supported significant home renovations. The family are now receiving both individual and group counselling, and family medication sessions. Benjamin has access to an orthopaedic consultation, medical support and physiotherapy sessions.
Almas Art Foundation & the Artists
The Almas Art Foundation is a London-based non-profit organisation committed to elevating African and African diaspora artists. Through exhibitions, publications, and films, Almas connects important artistic voices to global audiences. In 2025, Almas is launching a major programme dedicated to Sudanese art, spanning over 80 years of visual culture.
Their inaugural exhibition showcases pioneers of modern and contemporary Sudanese art, many of whom worked between the 1950s and 1970s. These artists helped shape Sudan’s artistic identity and made lasting contributions to African and global art history. Despite the ongoing crisis in Sudan, and the destruction and loss of many works, this exhibition stands as a powerful act of preservation and tribute.
Featured Artists Include:
Osman Waqialla · Ahmed Shibrain · Ibrahim El Salahi · Kamala Ishag · Amir Nour · T S Ahmed · Majzoub Rabbah · Hussein Sherreif · Hassan Al Hadi · M O Khalil · Mo Abbaro · Siddig al Nigomi · M Hassan Abdelraheim Shaigi · Bastawi Baghdadi · Ahmed H Alarabi
In 2025, Almas will also publish the first English edition of Plastic Art in Sudan by Dr. Rashid Diab and present further exhibitions of emerging Sudanese artists in collaboration with curators and cultural leaders.
Explore more: www.almasartfoundation.org
