hope and homes for children type charity founded 1994 headquarters east clyffe salisbury wiltshire area served central and eastern europe africa key people mark waddington chief executive number of employees 40 uk staff website http www.hopeandhomes.org hope and homes for children hhc is a british registered charity working with children their families and communities across 8 countries in central and eastern europe and africa . 1 to help children grow up in safe and productive environments . the charity moves children out of institutions into family based care helps keep together families who are at risk of breakdown due to the pressures of poverty disease or conflict and works to prevent child abandonment . 2 contents 1 history 2 programmes 2.1 belarus 2.2 bosnia 2.3 bulgaria 2.4 romania 2.5 moldova 2.6 ukraine 2.7 rwanda 2.8 sudan 3 notable people 4 references 5 external links history edit hope and homes for children was established by mark cook a retired colonel 3 and his wife caroline . 4 the first project was an orphanage in croatia in a town called lipik . initially he repaired war damaged orphanages 5 before realising that what children really required was a family . hope and homes for children then began to pioneer the deinstitutionalisation of orphanages and children s homes they have now closed 52 institutions in nine countries prevented around 20 000 children entering or re entering institutions and have been key players in changing childcare systems . 6 7 programmes edit the charity s stated mission is to give hope to the poorest children in the world those who are orphaned abandoned or vulnerable by enabling them to grow up within the love of a family and the security of a home so that they can fulfil their potential . they do this by keeping families together and avoiding separation . they also aim to reunite children with families by closing institutions 8 9 where this is not possible they set up alternative family care arrangements such as adoption fostering and small family homes . the model of deinstitutionaliation that they have developed has been recognised as best practice by unicef and world health organisation 10 hope and homes for children work in 6 countries in eastern europe and 2 in africa belarus edit hhc have been developing family type homes to support the closure of institutions ; they have joined the chernobyl children s project to close the gomel baby home 11 bosnia edit bosnia is the first country that hope and homes worked in . 12 having initially renovated orphanages there it learnt that what children really need is a family and instead developed a model to close them with starting with dom most institution . hhc continues to support the reform of the child care system there . 13 bulgaria edit a pilot institution for babies was closed at teteven in 2010 in partnership with tbact ; 14 it stimulated the government who then asked hhc to close eight more in the sofia pernik montana ruse gabrovo targoviste plovdiv and pazardzhik regions . 15 16 romania edit when hhc started working in romania there were 100 000 children living in romanian orphanages and by 2010 there were less than 10 000 . 17 it is the largest programme for hope and homes for children and they have led the closure of institutions and established replacement services in several counties . 10 18 working with ark and the romanian government they aim to end the institutionalisation of children by 2020 . 17 moldova edit hhc s work to close the cupcui institution in moldova earnt a prestigious human rights award from the united nations development programme and other un agencies showcasing innovative initiatives promoting human rights in moldova 19 20 in 2012 they competed the closure of sarata noua the first institution for children with learning disabilities in moldova . they are now focusing on two of the four baby institutions in moldova which will cut off the supply to school age institutions hastening their demise and ensuring children grow up in family based care . 21 ukraine edit hhc has been working in ukraine since 1999 . they have demonstrated models that the government has later adopted such as for small family homes and mother and baby units . they closed the makariv institution 22 and set up replacement services to support children and families . 23 23 rwanda edit having developed a number of community hubs to support vulnerable rwandan families to stay together hhc have now completed closing mpore pefa orphanage in kigali the first orphanage to be closed following best practice in africa ; this was done with the support of the ministry of gender and family promotion . 24 25 26 sudan edit work is underway to reform the systems for abandoned babies in khartoum . there has already been significant success working with the religious community a fatwa was issued to decriminalise abandoned illegitimate babies which allowed them to be adopted within the islamic kafala principle . over 2 400 babies have been placed within families rather than in institutions . 7 27 notable people edit mark cook founded the charity 28 and was awarded several honours including an obe and a heart of gold award from esther rantzen ; caroline cook was also appointed an obe . 29 martin bell obe was with mark cook when he founded the organisation ; 28 30 he later became a patron . when bell was injured and unable to film cook took over a piece to camera live on the news . 31 in 2010 former defence minister the rt. hon. michael mates with william godfree performed flanders and swann songs in aid of the charity . 32 nick hewer regularly supports hhc s work and visited sierra leone with the charity 33 34 he aimed to get a land cruiser donated that he could drive to sierra leone he announced on twitter on 13 9 2011 it had been achieved . 35 36 alastair humphreys organises nights of adventure on behalf of hhc 37 other patrons include kristin scott thomas obe 38 the rt. hon. the lord ashdown of norton sub hamdon gcmg kbe pc martin bell obe arpad busson the rt. hon. the lord carrington kg general the rt hon the lord dannatt kcb cbe mc david furnish the lady jopling gordon mcinally h e rt. hon donald c mckinnon mrs lily safra the rt hon the lord selkirk of douglas pc qc princess marina sturdza sam taylor wood obe james whiting claire wright kate adie obe and matt bell . 39 references edit smith alex duval 1999 12 12 . christmas appeal hope in the midst of horror . the independent . london . retrieved 2010 10 06 . rwanda the gradual downsizing of orphanages in country . the new times . 14 september 2011 . retrieved 24 january 2016 . subscription required help . column one . st. petersburg times . 1997 04 22 . retrieved 2010 10 06 . the rotarian the clubs in action . the rotarian . rotary international . 173 . december 1998 . issn 0035 838x . retrieved 2010 10 06 . the lipik orphanage and colonel mark cook . retrieved 24 january 2016 . http www.hopeandhomes.org downloads hhc % 20annual % 20review % 202010.pdf archived july 26 2011 at the wayback machine . a b deedes wf 2004 11 18 . deserving causes need your help . the daily telegraph . london . http www.citynews.ro maramures din oras 10 alesii judeteni asteptati la o sedinta de indata update 130629 no longer ignored . the daily telegraph . london . 2004 11 18 . a b levin angela 2010 11 15 . my glimpse of hell and the pitiful children who have been betrayed . the daily telegraph . london . http www.chernobyl children.org.uk newsletterspring08.pdf http www.salisburycathedral.org.uk news.php id 346 http www.youtube.com watch v nw7p3kqplfu http www.eq bg.com pilot % 20project % 20teteven % 20bulgaria 50 750 http www.novinite.com view news.php id 121723 http www.hopeandhomes.org media media releases bulgaria to close harmful baby institutions a b http www.arkonline.org child protection romania http www.libertyandhumanity.com human writes articles a fresh start for europe s lost children http www.ammado.com nonprofit 101552 articles 13089 hewer nick 2008 10 09 . nick hewer the rocky road to mongolia . the daily telegraph . london . http www.hopeandhomes.org news news 2012 groundbreaking closure signals families for children in moldova http truevisiontv.com films details 133 ukraines forgotten children a b http www.ukrweekly.com old archive 1999 199903 . shtml http www.migeprof.gov.rw index.php option com content & task view & id 238 & itemid 131 http www.hopeandhomes.org news news 2012 making history in rwanda http www.youtube.com watch v l 2vqvoe4yo & feature player embedded http www.unicef.org sudan resources 4329.html a b deedes wf 2004 11 21 . soldier s ad hoc tv plea launched orphans charity . the daily telegraph . london . http www.youtube.com watch v 2zu0jqjmjyk swann yvonne 2009 12 11 . women were a mystery to me martin bell remembers his all male education . daily mail . london . http www.youtube.com watch v mu9f7ffiacq & feature related former defence minister performs flanders & swann for charity . evening standard . 8 november 2010 . retrieved 24 january 2016 . bowdler neil 2010 05 14 . apprentice adviser nick hewer s rwanda mission . bbc news . gammell kara 2011 07 17 . the apprentice 2011 nick hewer talks money . the daily telegraph . london . https twitter.com nick hewer mcgrath nick 2011 05 12 . nick hewer s holiday heaven and hell . the daily telegraph . london . http www.alastairhumphreys.com 2011 02 explorers adventurers lecture night http gi.philanthropycapital.org profiles 9 kristin scott thomas recommends http www.hopeandhomes.org aboutus index.html external links edit official website the hhc sprint triathlon on facebook on twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hope and homes for children & oldid 740307989 categories children s charities based in the united kingdomadoption related organizationsdevelopment charities based in the united kingdomhidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentarticles with wayback 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