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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 […]
