{"id":3139,"date":"2019-11-25T10:45:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T10:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/payrollgivingportal.uk\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:50:53","slug":"hope-and-homes-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payrollgiving.co.uk\/hope-and-homes-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope and Homes for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Every child deserves the love and belonging of a safe family home\u2013never the violence, abuse and neglect suffered in orphanages. Since 1994, we\u2019ve inspired the UN,\u00a0EU\u00a0and local and national governments worldwide, from Ukraine to Rwanda, to close the doors of orphanages forever. In their place, we fight to keep families together, to reunite them, and to create new ones \u2013 always working with children, for children.
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We keep families\u00a0together<\/strong>
Where war, poverty,\u00a0discrimination\u00a0or broken child protection systems put pressure on parents to give up their children, we fight to keep families together. With care and compassion, free from judgement and prejudice, we support families. When they\u2019re at their lowest, faced with the desperate decision to place their child into an orphanage because they can\u2019t see any other way forward, we step in. We sit with them and listen. We learn their story, see their situation. We offer them hope and encouragement before supporting them to find ways to keep their child at home with them.
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We reunite\u00a0families<\/strong>
Too often, we meet parents left longing for their children, or a child who has family but is lost in the bureaucracy of an orphanage. This should never happen. When it does, we\u2019re there to reunite them. With local teams made up of family tracing experts and specialist social workers, we reconnect mothers and sons,\u00a0fathers\u00a0and daughters. And we stay by their side, our child psychologists there supporting every reunited family. We make the transition as smooth as possible to help children and families adapt to their new life.\u00a0
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We create new\u00a0families<\/strong>
For children whose birth families can\u2019t look after them or keep them safe, or those who have no family at all, a new family is best. We work with local people and authorities to find, train and support foster or adoptive parents: adults who we know from experience will love,\u00a0protect\u00a0and give security to a child. Now and forever. With our social workers, psychologists and educationalists by their side, new parents give children a place to belong. They offer children the love they need to grow up and thrive in life. A child like\u00a0Uwera. Help us to create new families.
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Our work in Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>

Before the war, Ukraine had one of the largest orphanage systems in Europe, with almost 100,000 children living in 663 orphanages.\u00a0<\/strong>
Our achievements in Ukraine since 1998 mean we\u2019re uniquely positioned to respond to this crisis.\u00a0<\/p>

Since 24th February, we\u2019ve directly helped 62,823 people in Ukraine (33,579 of which were children), 7,882 in Romania and 12,006 refugees in Moldova.
\u2022\u00a0We\u2019ve successfully advocated for the protection of Ukraine\u2019s 100,000 children\u00a0<\/strong>in orphanages, ensuring these children are monitored,\u00a0tracked\u00a0and recognised by the humanitarian system.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0In Ukraine, we\u2019ve provided practical, life-saving humanitarian support,<\/strong>\u00a0including\u00a0essential items<\/strong>\u00a0like food, clothes and hygiene kits,\u00a0school supplies<\/strong>\u00a0like rucksacks, notebooks and pens and\u00a0winter essentials\u00a0<\/strong>like warm clothes, blankets, heaters,\u00a0torches\u00a0and power banks.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0We\u2019ve also helped safely evacuate 199 children from orphanages\u00a0<\/strong>or support centres in Ukraine to other countries, helped prevent 5,595 children from being separated from 3,192 families and supported 255 children who had been sent home from institutions with no support.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0In Moldova, we\u2019ve supported over 12,000 refugees from Ukraine<\/strong>\u00a0with essential needs, emotional\u00a0support\u00a0and referral services. We\u2019ve supported many unaccompanied children into foster\u00a0families, and\u00a0provided\u00a0additional financial support<\/strong>\u00a0to 213 refugees (124 children and 89 adults) living in communities. We\u2019ve also supported 14 Refugee Accommodation Centres.<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0In Romania, we\u2019ve supported over 7,000 refugee children and families arriving from Ukraine<\/strong>, including unaccompanied children, with vital essentials. And we\u2019ve helped the authorities prepare centres for children and carers evacuated from Ukrainian orphanages.
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and much more.<\/p>