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...
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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...
Indian first lady donates to children’s foundation
An amount of €8,695 was donated to the ‘Hope For Children’ foundation on Monday by the first lady of India, Savita Kovind, as part of...
Over quarter of a million raised in Cyprus’ #StandByGreece campaign
So far €264,553 have been collected by the #StandByGreece campaign led by the Hope For Children centre in aid of restructuring the infrastructure destroyed by...
#StandByGreece raises over €100,000 (Updated with video)
More than €100,000 has so far been collected during the #StandByGreece campaign organised to help victims of last week’s huge fire in Greece. The...
Concert and radiomarathon organised in aid of Greece
By Kristian Chrysostomou Cyprus’ efforts to help Greece deal with the after-effects of last week’s devastating fire continue this week with a free concert in...
Hope for children wins award
The Hope For Children CRC Policy Centre was awarded the National Energy Globe Award 2017 at an event on Thursday evening. Joseph Varughese, chief executive...
Foster homes found for unaccompanied minors
Fifty-eight unaccompanied minors, whose legal guardian is the director of the social welfare services, have been placed in foster families this year, Hope For Children...
When blue really is the warmest colour
We’ve all heard of Red Nose Day in Britain, and its success in using comedy to raise funds for people who need financial help –...
