Any family starts somewhere and it should never end
January 24th, 2012
Six brothers from a very small village in Bacau county vividly remember every day surrounding the holidays of 2009. How could you forget the cold of January when you have no shoes on your feet and when your clothing is so light that it provides little warmth. Dirty and huddled out, this is how the youngsters were found, together with their parents, by the representatives of the Centre for Emergency Intervention Services in the Field of Child Protection.
Dreaming with eyes and mouths wide open
January 16th, 2012
The Alexandrescu family has many members. And they have all gone through a lot of troubling times. The Alexandrescu family is comprised of eleven members. The mother has special needs. She gave birth to seven children. Six of them were placed in institutions because it was believed that the mother could not take care of them.
by Otto Sestack, Training Department Manager, 11 years with HHC Romania
The children who painted the Christmas cards on felicitaridininima.ro were awarded
Winter is a time when many of the most dramatic separations between children and families take place. Not because their parents no longer want them – these are families that desperately want to stay together – but because the cold of winter unmasks the hideous face of poverty and the only solution the State offers to these families is “saving” their children by locking them up in cold and impersonal institutions that look like municipal hospitals.Lost childhoods of war - ten years on, Sierra Leone youth take their futures into their own hands
When President Kabbah declared Sierra Leone’s 11 year civil war officially over ten years ago today the country was in ruins.
As the impoverished country reflects on the tenth anniversary, our team in Sierra Leone is attempting to re-educate an entire generation in forgotten farming methods.Duchess of York puts spotlight on harmful institutions for children
A Turkish court’s decision to press criminal charges against The Duchess of York after her involvement in secretly filming orphanages in the country, has once again put the media spotlight on the harmful network of institutions which continue to warehouse thousands of vulnerable children across Europe.Report reveals family is vital for children's happiness
Hope and Homes for Children is today welcoming a report which confirms that family is the single most important component of a child’s wellbeing.
