Our pioneering ‘No Child Left Behind’ programme piloted the closure of two orphanages for children with disabilities in Rwanda. Here, Innocent Habimfura, Hope and Homes for Children’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, looks back on an extraordinary journey to lay the foundations for inclusive childcare reform in Rwanda and beyond.

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Here Alexandra talks about her remarkable journey, and why she won’t rest until every orphanage on Earth is shut.
Brussels, 8 April 2021: Today, on International Romani Day, the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), Hope and Homes for Children, and Eurochild call on European states to commit to closing down institutions for children, and providing appropriate child and family support services for Romani children who are overrepresented in state care
The EU has unveiled a new Child Rights Strategy. What difference could it make for children and families?
Justine Cowan, American author and laywer, describes how London’s ‘Foundling Hospital’ affected the lives of herself and her family.
Asian Regional Director, Tessa Boudrie, highlights why she’s standing with women on the frontlines, fighting for change.
Hope and Homes for Children’s social workers are remarkable people. They are the ones who carry out the hard and complicated task of finding safe and loving families for children.
Best-selling author, Catherine Isaac, recommends six novels about orphans that have captured the imagination of readers worldwide.
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.
We join the call for the Government of Ukraine and the EU to build a right-based child protection system in Ukraine, free from institutions.