Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) is a British registered charity working with children, their families and communities across 10 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa. 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 at risk of breakdown due to the pressures of poverty, disease or conflict and works to prevent child abandonment.
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