In 2001, Hope and Homes for Children arrived in South Africa with four local partners and one conviction: no child needs to grow up in an orphanage. Twenty-five years on, South Africa has committed to ending institutionalisation of children by 2030. This is how it happened. What we found: South Africa’s hidden crisis When Hope […]
by Mark Waddington CBE, Chief Executive, Hope and Homes for Children I’m currently in Ukraine. Kyiv is under sustained aerial bombardment. And in the middle of it all, I’m seeing something that has stopped me in my tracks – the extraordinary courage of families who are choosing to protect children. What conflict does to children […]
The Summer 2026 issue of Alliance magazine, one of the world’s leading philanthropic journals, asks a question the sector has long avoided: whose voices actually count? Hope and Homes for Children’s Victoria Olarte and Stephen Ucembe guest edited the special feature on youth, philanthropy, and radical accountability. Here’s what they found. Stephen Ucembe is a lived experience professional; he […]
Nepal’s first foster child placement. Photo: The Himalayan Innovative Society / Forget Me Knot / Hope and Homes for Children
On International Missing Children’s Day, a powerful art installation at the heart of European politics asks us to look at what we already know — and act on it. In a bedroom, football shirts hang on the wall, school books sit open on the desk and clothes are discarded on the floor. It’s a room […]
In Moominvalley, there is a place for everyone. No creature, however lost or lonely, is left without warmth, safety and the people who care for them. That’s the world Hope and Homes for Children are fighting to build for every child. We’re thrilled to introduce a new partnership between Hope and Homes for Children and […]
From 35,000 institutionalised children in 1989 to less than a hundred today, Bulgaria has been on a transformative childcare journey. With the support of our donors, our Bulgaria team has been at the heart of the change which has brought thousands of children Back to Family. On this International Day of Families, Galina Bisset celebrates […]
Real care reform depends on building systems that work for every child, especially those most often overlooked. Our Child Protection Specialist Sachin Kumar explores why children with disabilities must be central to that change, and what it will take to create truly inclusive care systems. Across the world, children with disabilities remain among the most […]
Think about what it means to grow up without a family. Not without a perfect family — just without a family. Without someone who knows how you like your eggs, who notices when you’ve had a bad day, who cheers the loudest when you walk across a stage. For millions of children right now, that […]
Our Director of Global Advocacy Brenda Kariuki responds to the recent 60 Minutes segment which uncritically promoted an orphanage in Haiti. Last week, millions of viewers tuned in to a 60 Minutes segment featuring bestselling author Mitch Albom and his Have Faith Haiti orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The images were powerful: a walled compound rising above […]
