For the first time the UK government has formally recognised that overseas orphanages harm children and has promised to support closures, long-term.
This marks a breakthrough moment for the growing global movement to eliminate orphanages.
The Secretary of State for International Development, Penny Mordaunt, made the announcement during the first Global Disability Summit in London today.
“The UK government recognises that institutionalisation harms children’s physical, emotional and psychological development. Children with disabilities are often the first to be placed in institutions, the last to leave institutional care and often end up being forgotten by society”, she said…