Stories

When the coronavirus crisis hit Ukraine, the government announced that almost 75% of the children living in orphanages would be returned home. There was no ...

Isus lives with severe intellectual and physical disabilities and receives full-time care from his loving foster mother, Dima. The story of how Dima and Lumos ...

Diana dreams of helping other children like her who have experienced life without a family or a home. In 2018, Diana (13) and her younger ...

Born with cerebral palsy in Moldova, little Maria was left in an orphanage – until she found a home with Mama Maria.

When she met Isus, Dima could immediately see what the system couldn’t: that children with disabilities need families.

Lured into an orphanage with false promises, Diego has now been reunited with his mother.

In May 2019, elections will take place across the European Union to elect Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for the next five years. Children ...

Dumitriţa is an 18-year-old Lumos Self Advocate from the Republic of Moldova. She has a passion for listening to music, likes computers and technology, and ...

An estimated eight million children still live in institutions across the world. Deinstitutionalisation involves strengthening and developing services to prevent children being separated from families. ...