Hope and Homes for Children

Today is United Nations International Day of Families, and we need your help to get millions of separated children #BackToFamily. ❤️ 😢 Sadly, around 5.4 million children around the world are currently separated from their families. Confined in orphanages, even though 80% of them are not orphans. 😢 💥 Join the movement to help get these children out of harm’s way and #BackToFamily 💥 🙏 Add your name to the #BackToFamily petition today at backtofamily.org 🙏 Thank you Dame Kristin Scott Thomas – Hope and Homes for Children Patron.

WE DID IT! ❤️ THANK YOU! After three terrible years inside an orphanage, your INCREDIBLE generosity helped get Uwase* #BackToFamily. Your donations helped local parents Uwimana* and Gatete* welcome Uwase into their home. "She was always alone in the dormitory, with no one to take care of her. But now things are different. It’s such a joy to see Uwase so happy and loved in my family.” – Uwimana Read Uwase's journey Back to Family here: https://loom.ly/pN1MxcI *Names changed to protect identity. #BackToFamily

You have the power to change lives. Join our global movement. Bring millions of separated children out of orphanages and #BackToFamily. Sign the petition at backtofamily.org ✍️ #ChildProtection #LovingFamilies #InsideOrphanages #CharityPetition  

"Either I leave my child in an orphanage, or we both starve..." In Moldova, our teams have opened 10 Social Creches. These Creches have supported 577 children to stay where they belong. At home. Many parents in Moldova feel pressured to move across the border to earn money, money they can't earn in Moldova. They leave their children in orphanages, hoping one day they'll be able to take them home again. Often that day never comes. And that's where our Social Creches have been able to help. Parents who previously would have been forced to choose between food and family, finally have another option. Children are able to attend the Creche in the morning and then be picked up at the end of the day. For free. These kinds of Social Creches are just one of the ways your donations are helping families and children in Moldova. Together, we're getting children #BackToFamily https://lnkd.in/g9iEgikf #ChildProtection #LovingFamilies #Orphanages #Fundraising

“Super Gran may be a work of fiction but I have met the real deal.” We want to introduce you to Adela*, Maria*, Valentina*, and Olga*. Four inspiring grandmas fostering children who'd otherwise be inside orphanages. Real life Super Grans. Pete Garratt, our Director of Global Programmes, met these heroes on a recent trip to Moldova. Read his feature about the incredible work our partners CCF Moldova are doing to support these Super Grans at the link below. Will you help us support families fostering children in Moldova? Donate today and bring strength #BackToFamily. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eYqCE9hV

Today and tomorrow, we’re participating in the #2024UNCSC in Nairobi Still to this day, millions of children grow up in harmful institutions, without the love and protection of a family, As important discussions start on how the United Nations and world leaders can commit to more sustainable and fair societies, it’s crucial for decision-makers to take a stand for rights of children deprived of family care. Today and tomorrow, and in the lead up to the #SummitOfTheFuture, we will exchange with key stakeholders on our goals for the Summit of the Future, and how to secure the needed commitments to eradicate child institutionalisation #BackToFamily #OurCommonFuture #WorldLeaders #UN #Nairobi

What she witnessed made her QUIT. Kseniia* worked inside an orphanage for babies in Ukraine, and nothing could have prepared her for the horrors she would witness during her time there. No love. No affection. No care. For five years, she saw children in the orphanage endure violence, abuse and neglect. Children hit on their hands, legs and backsides with rods. Held under cold water for crying. Turned upside down and shook. Kseniia tried so hard to speak up about the misconduct, but she was silenced every time. Now, she's left her job and is speaking OUT and doing everything she can to help children get #BackToFamily Read Kseniia's exclusive testimony at https://lnkd.in/eFvKeu-x *Names changed to protect identity #BackToFamily

We're utterly delighted to be nominated for the upcoming Better Society Awards alongside our wonderful partner St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation. 💛 Since our partnership with St. James’s Place began in 2000, the Foundation has stood alongside us as we have closed over 160 orphanages. SJP’s support has directly supported over 10,000 children in Ukraine, Rwanda, Bulgaria and beyond and has enabled us to deliver training to thousands of childcare professionals too. We are enormously privileged to have built such an important and long-standing partnership that has truly changed the world for children, and we're honoured to be recognised by the Better Society Awards panel! 🏆

“It doesn’t matter how many toys there are, how clean it is, or how well the children are fed. They’ll still lack the support that exists in any family where children are loved.” Kseniia* is a nurse and former orphanage worker from Ukraine. After working inside a baby home for five years, she’s become a whistleblower, committed to sharing the truths about orphanages and calling time on the institutionalisation of children. “When they were shouting or crying too much, the children were put under cold water. Or, they would turn the kids upside down, hold them by their feet and shake them, this made me so angry, so I quit.” Thanks to brave advocates like Kseniia, our team in Ukraine is working with the government to close down orphanages. We won't stop until every child in Ukraine gets #BackToFamily. Read Kseniia's story here: https://loom.ly/QkpUq5s *Names changed to protect identity

Over 100,000 children in Ukraine live inside orphanages. 85% have parents they could be with, with the right support. But instead of growing up at home, they’re locked away. And parents end up separated from their children. But it's not just in Ukraine that this is a problem. Around the world, children growing up in orphanages are experiencing violence, abuse and neglect. The traumas they face can last a lifetime. That's why it's our mission to bring children living in orphanages in Ukraine, and all around the world, #BackToFamily #ChildProtection #LovingFamilies #Orphanages