Hope and Homes for Children

"Every child has the right to grow up in a family and to be cared for and protected from harm or abuse."


Hope and Homes for Children is an international charity working to ensure that all children have the chance to grow up in the love of a family. Hopes and Homes for Children are leading experts in closing children's institutions and reforming childcare systems. Hopes and Homes for Children works with children, their families, communities, professionals, NGOs and governments across Central and Eastern Europe and Africa to ensure that every child grows up in a loving, caring home.


The UN estimates that 8 million children are living in child care institutions around the world. 


Hopes and Homes for Children works toward deinstitutionalisation - a complex process of working with governments to close institutions and provide alternative, family-based services to children. 


Learn about what they do and see where they work.