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NewsLumos attends 2025 Global Disability Summit with support of AdvocateWednesday April 9, 2025Dumitrița, a child rights and disability rights advocate, joined Lumos for a 2-day summit to advocate on behalf of children with disabilities disproportionately impacted by institutionalisation.
NewsLumos Kenya supports rollout of National Positive Parenting ProgrammeTuesday April 1, 2025The initiative, officially unveiled on March 7th, 2025, aims to equip parents and caregivers with tools to raise children in an environment without violence, fostering love and support families across the region.
NewsChild advocate joins Lumos at UN 2025 Annual Day on the Rights of the ChildTuesday March 18, 2025Vlad, a 13-year-old youth advocate, joins Lumos to address the UN Human Rights Council on the need for greater investment in Early Childhood Development to prevent family separation.
NewsEvery child growing-up in a safe and loving family: Time for a radical re-think of global childcare reform?Monday March 10, 2025The global childcare reform community is neither as coherent nor as coordinated as we need to be. This moment of rapid change is an opportunity to reshape ourselves to more effectively champion, catalyse and support accelerated progress.
NewsLumos Kenya supports milestone rollout of care reform in Eastern RegionTuesday March 4, 2025The journey towards care reform implementation across Kenya recently took a significant step forward with the rollout of care reform training in the Eastern region of Kenya.
StoriesUkrainian family finds strength amid war: A mother’s story of resilience and hopeMonday March 3, 2025The war has added a new level of difficulty to Olga’s family. Air-raid alerts frequently disrupt Vitalik’s school day, sending him to seek safety in the basement shelter. “We are scared, but we still need to live,”
NewsLumos celebrates its 20th anniversary yearFriday February 28, 2025Every child deserves a family, and Lumos is celebrating 20 years of making it happen.
NewsStatement by Lumos CEO in response to aid cutsWednesday February 26, 2025We at Lumos are deeply concerned at the wave of recent foreign aid cuts and their impact on the world’s most vulnerable people.
NewsRosanna Burcheri & Elizabeth Lule appointed to Lumos’ UK Board of TrusteesThursday February 13, 2025Lumos, the international children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling, today announced the appointment of Rosanna Burcheri & Elizabeth Lule to Lumos' UK Board of Trustees.
NewsRetail veteran Ken Towle appointed Chair of Trustees at LumosWednesday January 29, 2025With a career spanning retail leadership and consulting, Towle brings strategic expertise to Lumos, an organisation dedicated to realising every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world.
NewsLumos to create first Early Childhood Intervention Centre in Chișinău, MoldovaTuesday January 21, 2025We are proud to announce our support and contribution to the first Early Childhood Intervention Centre in the capital city of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău.
NewsUK Government campaign spotlights global family separation crisisFriday January 17, 2025As Foreign Secretary David Lammy launches his new campaign to progressively end the institutionalisation of children and ensure support for every child to have a safe and loving family, Lumos welcomes the opportunity to shine a critical light on the millions of children worldwide who are denied their fundamental right to family life.