We have been working to end the systematic institutionalisation of children since 2005.
It all started with a photograph in a newspaper. When, in June 2004, J.K. Rowling saw the black and white image of a small boy – isolated, locked away from the world, far from his family and pl… read moreaced in an institution – she couldn’t look away.
That newspaper article was the first step towards J.K. Rowling co-founding the Children’s High Level Group (CHLG) with Baroness Emma Nicholson MEP. CHLG became Lumos, dedicated to working towards ending the systematic institutionalisation of children worldwide.
Starting in Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, in 2006, Lumos has worked across the European region, from the Czech Republic to Bulgaria, Ukraine, Serbia and Greece. In 2014, we expanded our work into the USA and Haiti.