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.
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Devi tells her extraordinary journey about getting seperated from her family and reunited again after spending seven years in an orphanage.
Buddhi Maya is a single parent to her four daughters and Maya is one of them. Three years ago, Buddhi’s husband disappeared, leaving her and her daughters in a very vulnerable situation.
For every two Covid deaths, one child becomes a covid orphan. As countries plan their recovery from Covid, vulnerable children are being forgotten.
Esmeralda feared that her six children would be put in an orphanage when she took them and fled from her abusive husband. We worked with them to find a home where they would rebuild their lives.
Minela spent the first precious months of her life alone in an orphanage. Her mother, Lana, shares how she lost her daughter and how she fought, with our help, to get her back.
Elizabeth Niyongana recounts her search for a young boy’s family, and the day he left the orphanage for good after they were reunited.
Justine Cowan, American author and laywer, describes how London’s ‘Foundling Hospital’ affected the lives of herself and her family.
On International Day of Persons With Disabilities 2020, we are reminded not to forget in a post-Covid world.
Like so many Nepalese children, Tika had been taken from his family by traffickers. For a high fee, they promised his parents that he would be well cared for and educated in an institution in the city. Instead, he was taken to an orphanage where he survived alone for two years; neglected, abused and exploited to elicit donations from tourists.