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With no access to specialist family support, it was nearly impossible for Cary’s family to meet her additional needs. Read how Cary went on hunger strike to fight for her right to love and a family.
Tag: Africa
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Elizabeth Niyongana recounts her search for a young boy’s family, and the day he left the orphanage for good after they were reunited.
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SMS technology has revolutionised the way we find and support children with disabilities
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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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On International Day of Persons With Disabilities 2020, we are reminded not to forget in a post-Covid world.
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Rwanda’s Postcode Equality Trust, funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, backs Hope and Homes for Children programme in Rwanda.
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When Covid hit, strict lockdown measures meant Valerie could no longer go to work. A Community Volunteer discovered that Valerie had no money left for food or water, and alerted our team who co-ordinated emergency support for her family.
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BBC World Service airs a programme interviewing 2 women who grew up in orphanages, one in UK and one in Kenya.
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By giving his parents the support they needed to meet his additional needs, our team in Rwanda brought Carrol home from the orphanage and back to the people who love him.
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In The Telegraph Magazine, Hope and Homes for Children Ambassador, Rukhiya Budden tells the story of her childhood in a Kenyan orphanage.
