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We believe that children should be raised in a safe and caring environment.

We believe that poverty, disability or ethnicity should never be a reason to lock a child away.

We believe that every child has the right to a real childhood.

We are dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantaged children by facilitating the end of institutional care for good.

Slowly,
but surely

Slowly, but surely, the lives of children in institutions are beginning to change in the Czech Republic. During the communist era, there were numerous large institutions in the country, where children with disabilities, and others who were considered ‘different’,...

Better health
= better lives

For two days in December, in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO), we hosted a meeting of international NGOs under the banner “Better Health for Better Lives” . The meeting was part of the ongoing consultation around the development and...

Twenty years
on

On 9 November 2009, celebrations across Europe marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the trigger for a series of revolutions that signaled the end of communism in Europe. While some were relatively peaceful, the revolution in Romania culminated in the...

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