Over a hundred years of research proves institutional care is harmful to children, and that family and community care is better for children. Our advocacy team have produced and collated a range of publications relating to deinstitutionalisation, child care reform, and specific global regions.
Read our publication from the Opening Doors campaign: ‘The use of EU policies and funding for deinstitutionalisation reforms in 2014-2020’
How the EU can support the transition to family and community based care in the next Multiannual Financial Framework
This paper is the result of an inquiry into whether theory of change is helpful or unhelpful for planning systems change.
Transform Alliance Africa responds to key questions about deinstitutionalisation in an African context.
This guide has been prepared for policymakers and those who need to learn more about deinstitutionalisation for children.
Why the EU must apply the same principles of strengthening family and community based care in the framework of its external action to realise the Sustainable Development Goals and ensure that the 2030 agenda meets its promise to leave no one behind.
In this 2016 document, we outline the questions and answers about institutional care.
The purpose of this document is to assist policy makers, practitioners and other concerned individuals to transform systems of institutional care into those based on family and community support.
Hope and Homes for Children calls on all the stakeholders that play a role in developing, running, supporting or influencing national care systems to join forces in a collaborative action to eradicate institutional care once and for all.
Discover what’s wrong with Ukraine’s child protection system and why it doesn’t work in our comprehensive study
