Hundreds of thousands of children are still growing up in institutions in Europe today. This includes children with disabilities, children without parental care, children in the child protection system, migrant, unaccompanied and separated children.
Although institutions are often funded by public money – intended for the public good – their environment is utterly inappropriate for children’s emotional, physical, intellectual and social development. The very existence of institutions for children encourages families to place children into care, and so draws funding away from services that could support children living within families and communities.
Learn why children are in institutions, what is wrong with institutions for children and why the institutionalisation of children must end.
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