A dark past, a brighter future When Nicolae Ceausescu’s reign ended in Romania, the world was shocked by images of more than 100,000 children crammed into bleak institutions. Those pictures marked the beginning of our decades-long effort to end orphanages in Romania. Today, thanks to your support, another dark chapter has closed. Ion Holban – […]
Earlier this year, our team in Bulgaria closed another orphanage in Kardjali, bringing up to 40 children back to family or into family-based alternative care solutions. Last month, your donations changed lives. Because of your continued generosity, our team successfully shut down the ‘Home for Medical and Social Care for Children’ orphanage in Kardjali, South […]
Thanks to your donations, there are now only three orphanages left to close in Bulgaria. Read on to find out how we’re shutting them down.
The Mihăescus are a family with 5 children, ages 1 to 16. When we met them, in March 2021, they were at risk of losing their children
Your generosity helped Galina*, a mother and a survivor of intimate partner violence, bring strength and stability back to family. This is her story.
Stoyan, a single father, had his only child taken away from him and thrown in an orphanage. This is how you helped him get his son back to family.
July is Disability Pride Month, a time to honour the people with disabilities in our community. Read on for all the need-to-know facts, tips and events.
After Russian troops invaded her home, Olga became a refugee. Your support helped her hold her family together. Read on to find out how.
Sometimes, child care is so expensive parents have no option but to give their children away. This is how CCF Moldova’s bringing them back to family.
A former employee details the abuse going on inside orphanages and calls for the end of institutional care in Ukraine.
