Hopeandhomes

Every year on 12 July, the United Nations marks the International Day of Hope — a day dedicated to hope as a force that bridges divides and drives progress. This year, we’re marking it with a story about what hope looks like when it moves from feeling to policy: a European Parliament round table where governments, EU institutions and UNICEF turned decades of evidence ...

The Ghetto Kids, Shakira, and what a billion viewers aren’t being told

When Shakira announced that Uganda’s Ghetto Kids would join her on stage at the FIFA World Cup final halftime show at MetLife Stadium on 19 July, the response was almost universally joyful. A billion people will watch. The story writes itself: children from the streets of Kampala...

More than 5.4 million children around the world are locked away in orphanages — and over 80% of them are not orphans. In Ghana, 250 delegates from 13 countries came together to address that crisis. HHC’s Regional Advo...