From promise to daily action
Seventeen years ago, Hope For Children CRC Policy Center began with one simple belief: every child deserves protection, dignity and opportunity.
Today the organisation employs 110 full-time professionals and over 40 associates and volunteers. In 2024 alone it directly supported more than 20,000 children in Cyprus through housing, psychological and social support, legal services, education, prevention programmes and policy work.
Across Europe the NGO has contributed to over 80 programmes, shaping policies that affect millions of children. Key areas include foster care, prevention of sexual abuse, missing children hotlines, support for unaccompanied minors, anti-bullying education and online safety.
Message to Cyprus EU Presidency
As Cyprus prepares to assume the rotating EU Council Presidency, founder Joseph Varughese issues a direct appeal:
“This Presidency must do more than manage agendas – it must shape a vision where child protection, child welfare systems, mental health support, education access, child poverty measures and child justice stand at the centre of European policy.”
Hope For Children declares full readiness to support the Presidency with expertise, data, international partnerships and on-the-ground experience.
“Seventeen years on, our mission is more urgent than ever. We stand ready to help make this Presidency a turning point – not for institutions, but for children across Europe.”
Also read: Operational Complicity: Europe’s quiet role in Cyprus’ occupation
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