To most of us, regardless of our personal circumstances, hope is the strongest belief we carry through life. Even in the most desperate situations, we can always cling to hope. Every time a gift is made to EveryChild, we reach out to another child and give them hope for a better future.
When you think of children having to grow up on their own, the facts can be overwhelming. Millions of children live separated from their families, abandoned in institutions, orphaned by AIDS, or sold into exploitative labour, because of their parents’ desperate poverty. The facts and numbers, we can barely comprehend.
Because of desperate poverty, 8 year old Emil from Kyrgyzstan has been torn away from his loving family. He had to spend his 8th birthday alone and unhappy in an orphanage.
There are still far too many children who have to suffer through their childhood in the orphanages of Moldova and more than ever, at EveryChild, we are determined to change this.
State-run orphanages are the terribly distressing reality for so many children across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In Ukraine alone, over 1,000 babies and toddlers are abandoned every month.
Tonight, hundreds of children will sleep on the dangerous platforms of Bangalore railway station - your gift today could be their ticket home.