Humanitarian emergencies often drive the institutionalisation of children. Will lessons from Ukraine help disaster preparation and care reform work together to keep children safe?
Author: Hope and Homes for Children
Our patron Natalie Pinkham and ambassador Rukhiya Budden spoke to BBC Radio East of England this October to illustrate the importance of our orphanage tourism campaign.
Volunteer tourism can be great for volunteers and the communities that receive them. But we need to be absolutely clear: volunteering in an orphanage abroad is a bad idea.
Here are tips to tell your volunteering story on social media, using language and images to make a positive impact and break stereotypes, not reinforce them.
Most people who volunteer overseas genuinely want to do something meaningful and experience a new culture. But often they are doing more harm than good.
How volunteering in an orphanage could be hurting the people you’re there to help.
Kyrylo* adopted his nephews after their home was destroyed by Russian troops. Now, we’re helping him to hold his family together.
Watch Ukraine country director Halyna Postoliuk’s heartfelt speech on the opportunities for child care and protection reform in Ukraine, during the closing session of our Ukraine Recovery Conference side event, hosted in London at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office headquarters.
Officials and business leaders at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on 21-22 June 2023 should ensure that any “Marshal Plan” for the war-ravaged country includes ensuring children are not separated from their families and shutting down its network of 700 state-run children’s institutions.
To celebrate Global Day of Parents, we’re sharing three stories of brilliant parents who fought for their children, adopted children, and rebuilt relationships with their children following the devastating impact of orphanages.
Richard Munyaneza introduces Rugwiro, an inspirational foster father going above and beyond to protect children.