Angela pledges to end the institutionalisation of children
Angela Smith pledged to support efforts to end the institutional care of children globally and ensure that all children have the opportunity to grow up in a family at an event held last week in the Houses of Parliament hosted by international charity Hope and Homes for Children .
Shockingly, it is estimated that eight million children across the world are suffering life in an institution or orphanage. Prisoners of outdated childcare systems, they are deprived of love, attention and care. Years of research has shown that this neglect has a devastating impact on a child’s life. Children raised in poor quality institutions fail to stand or walk by the age of four. Many have lower educational performance and are at higher risk of developing personality disorders later in life. They are more likely to become homeless, turn to crime and prostitution or commit suicide. It is an appalling fact that neglect, abuse and malnutrition leads to the death of many children in institutions.
Hope and Homes for Children is the leading expert in closing children's institutions and reforming childcare systems. Their work is focused on replacing institutions with quality family-based care, such as adoption and fostering, and putting in place services which support families and prevent children going into care in the first place.
Hope and Homes for Children’s Chief Executive Mark Waddington commented “In the UK we drew a line under institutional care for children decades ago because we knew this environment wasn’t fit for our nation’s children and was, in fact, highly damaging. It is unthinkable that we should accept any less for the millions of children in the developing world. We are delighted that Angela has pledged to support our efforts to eradicate this form of childcare across the world within our lifetime.
Commenting Angela Said;
“It is terrible that an estimated eight million children across the world are suffering life in an institution or orphanage. Many of these children have lower educational performance and are at higher risk of developing personality disorders later in life or turn to crime. It’s therefore in everyone’s interests not least the children concerned to find quality family-based care.”
For more information or to support its work, visit www.hopeandhomes.org or follow @HopeandHomes on Twitter. A film about last week’s event is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXUqrgoFDX4
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Notes to Editors:
Hope and Homes for Children is a leading charity in transforming harmful and outdated childcare practices in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa
Hope and Homes for Children helps children grow up in loving families in their own countries by closing orphanages, preventing child abandonment and keeping together families at risk of breakdown due to the pressures of poverty and disease.
To help transform a child’s life visit www.hopeandhomes.org or follow @HopeandHomes on Twitter
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