Tree planting ceremony marks 75th anniversary of Republic of India
Hope for Children marked the 75th anniversary of the independence of India with a tree planting ceremony attended among others by House president Anita Demetriou,...
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Increasing number of trafficking victims are children says NGO
One in every three victims of human trafficking detected worldwide is a child, and the pandemic has made more children vulnerable to human traffickers, Hope...
EU officials visit HFC’s shelter for unaccompanied children
Members of the Directorate-General of the Migration and Home Affairs Unit of the European Commission visited the shelter for unaccompanied children of “Hope For Children”...
HFC and betting authority join forces to protect children from gambling
Hope for Children and Cyprus’ National Betting Authority have joined forces to create a safety net to help protect children and adolescents from gambling activity....
Hope For Children celebrates International Child Helpline Day
May 17 marks International Child Helpline Day which celebrates child helplines all over the world that aim to support, protect and provide comfort for this...
Hope for Children sets up helpline
Humanitarian organisation Hope For Children has opened a 24-hour free helpline on 1466, affording psychological, social, and legal support and guidance on issues related to...
Hope for Children marks Human Rights Day
Hope for Children marked Human Rights Day with a free online transnational conference on Thursday. The conference was organised under the European HIT programme which...
Anti-hate campaign launched by HFC
Hope For Children CRC Policy Centre (HFC) launched Monday a week-long awareness campaign aimed at counteracting racism and xenophobia. The event is part of the...
Unaccompanied minors donate masks to Nicosia municipality
Nicosia municipality on Monday said they received 300 reusable face masks made by humanitarian organisation Hope for Children. The fabric masks were made by unaccompanied...
New helpline on child protection issues
Hope For Children’ CRC Policy Centre has launched a new helpline offering psychological, social and legal support, counselling and guidance on issues related to child protection, it said on...
Coronavirus: Hope for Children asks bids for laptops and tablets for remote learning
Humanitarian organisation Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre is asking for bids to buy 1,000 laptops and 1,000 tablets to be used for remote learning The laptops...
Urgent need for national strategy for sexually abused children
Cyprus saw 368 recorded cases of sexual harassment against children in two years yet less than 11 per cent proceeded to court according to data...
Hope for Children concerned that minors allowed to see ‘inappropriate movie’
Hope for Children (HFC) on Tuesday expressed concern over what it called the lack of consistency when it comes to movie ratings following the showing...
Children’s welfare group calls for legislative change after child’s suicide
Gaps in legislation stand in the way of providing services to children without parental consent which in some cases is problematic, the Hope for Children...
Boy 12, awarded for anti-bullying awareness activities
Nicholas Nikiforou, 12 has been given the ‘Children’s Rights Defender’ award 2019 by the Hope For Children (HFC) CRC Policy Centre, a prize that is...
Child disappearance protocol wasn’t used in case of missing Sierra
Humanitarian organisation Hope for Children on Monday urged all stakeholders to better use existing mechanisms better in order to save children’s lives following what might...
Hope for Children expands operations beyond Nicosia
Humanitarian organisation Hope For Children is extending its facilities and services beyond Nicosia to Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos, it was announced on Wednesday. At a...
Almost €300,000 collected in #Stand By Greece campaign will go to children’s shelter
An amount of €298,065.51 which was raised for victims of the fire in Greece last year will be used for the reconstruction of a children’s...
Acute need for young refugee shelters
The recent protests by Zygi residents opposing the building of a new refugee centre for unaccompanied minors have partly focused on whether a new centre...
Family mediation a solution for child abduction
Monday marked the beginning of International Mediation Week which aims to promote the importance of family mediation in parental abduction cases, Hope For Children CRC...