An orphanage is
no place for a child

Campaign Resources

Video gallery

Here is a selection of short videos about the harm done to children by placing them into orphanages and examples of positive, long-term solutions.

Elvis' Grandmother

In this video, we see how Child's i Foundation, working with partner organisations in Uganda, transformed the lives of baby Elvis and his grandmother.

2 min 03 secs

Hope and Homes for Children's work in Rwanda

UNICEF correspondent Suzanne Beukes reports on Rwanda's ambitious plan to close all the country's children's institutions in favor of family-based care.

3 min 21 secs

Why the system of institutionalisation is wrong

Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive of Lumos, talks about why the system of institutionalisation is wrong.

1 min 09 secs

How we find families

When an abandoned baby arrives, a team of Child's i Foundation Social Workers in Uganda dedicate themselves to tracing the baby's parents and extended family.

4 min 50 secs

Family Placement: A happy baby going home

Child's i Foundation's amazing Family Placement Social Workers reuniting one of their babies with his father.

4 min 44 secs

One family's story

This is the story of how Child's i Foundation has changed the lives of one family.

4 min 24 secs

Meet Amos

Amos is part of Hope for Children's Walk to School Programme in Uganda.

3 min 31 secs

The inspiring child welfare scheme in Nepal

An inspiring and emotive story about the child welfare scheme in Nepal where many thousands of children perish below the age of five years.

17 min 50 secs

When young people leave institutions aged 18

Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive of Lumos, talks about many of the problems observed when young people leave institutions aged 18.

1 min 24 secs

The Spectator visits Rwanda

Mary Wakefield, Deputy Editor of The Spectator, visits Rwanda with Hope and Homes for Children to see their ground-breaking work to transform the lives of children and revolutionise childcare across Africa.

7 min 42 secs

Along came Polly

Along came Polly. Follow the story of Polly, a little girl in Uganda who was abandoned in January 2011.

3 min 54 secs

What happens to babies in institutions

Part of an interview with Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive of Lumos, where she talks about what happens to babies in institutions.

2 min 20 secs

George and Desire

An adoption story in Uganda made possible by the Child's i Foundation.

4 min 09 secs

Shocking conditions found in Haitian orphanage

Video about concerns about the welfare of thousands of orphans suffering amid the devastation in Haiti's earthquake-hit capital.

3 min 5 secs

Regimented procedures in institutions

Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive of Lumos, talks about regimented procedures in institutions.

0 min 50 secs

 
Replace children back into families - Replace the need for orphanages

Please support the REPLACE Campaign. Our objective is to get all children who are in orphanages placed into loving families and to prevent those who are at risk, from going into orphanages.

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