The real life Child Catcher
We are rapidly approaching the crest of the heap of top ten international child protection bloopers. Tornadoeing in at number 2 “Mr Bojan owes me a child.” The Director of the orphanage who made this...
View ArticleWe have a fight on our hands
Crowning the heap at number 1 of this top ten international child protection bloopers But it isn’t really a blooper. It’s worse. Much worse. This statement was made in a local authority Child...
View ArticleThe future of our children lies with Africa
If the future of the world is with our children, then the future of our children lies with Africa. Here’s why. Population growth all but slid off the international policy dining table. For twenty...
View ArticleThe billion baby time bomb
More than half of humanity now lives in cities. Many of the projections anticipate that this will rise to 70% by 2050 with the majority of the growth occurring in developing countries. So what? It’s...
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Cutting through the crap about British Aid
The British public generally view aid as a positive thing. This is repeatedly evidenced by research and by additional public giving during specific campaigns – from the outpouring of public generosity...
View ArticleHeroism is … a five year old girl called Tatiana
“Painting and rehabilitating orphanages is like re-decorating hell.” This is how Hope and Homes for Children’s Director of Programmes, Dr Delia Pop, described attempts to improve the physical...
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Poverty, not the number of orphans, is feeding Europe’s state orphanage system.
We can fix it. Real poverty exists in wealthy nations, not least in Europe. And its impact on children can be catastrophic. Because poverty is ugly. And it is especially ugly for children. Poverty...
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Are we there yet? Has our definition of poverty reached its sell-by date?
Are we there yet ?! – a blog series of three posts challenging some of the widely held views on poverty, childhood and the role of aid in addressing child poverty. Part one: has our definition of...
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Are we there yet? Lighting fires: burning some of the assumptions about...
Are we there yet?! – a series of three posts challenging some of the widely held views on poverty, childhood and aid. Part two Lighting fires: burning some of the assumptions about childhood that risk...
View ArticlePeople who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
This quote has often been attributed to George Bernard Shaw, and accurately summarises the courage and spirit of our team in Rwanda. In partnership with the government of Rwanda we have achieved a...
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