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Lumos Foundation

Evanna Lynch, ambassador for Lumos Foundation, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity.

Evanna Lynch, ambassador for Lumos Foundation makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity.

To Give:
- UK Freephone 0800 404 8144
-You can donate online at bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4
- Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. (That’s the whole address. Please do not write anything else on the front of the envelope). Mark the back of the envelope ‘Lumos Foundation’.
- Cheques should be made payable to ‘Lumos Foundation’.
Please note that Freephone and online donations for this charity close at 23.59 on the Saturday after the Appeal is first broadcast. However the Freepost option can be used at any time.

Registered charity number: 1112575

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Thu 23 May 202415:27
BBC Radio 4

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Lumos

Lumos supports care reform around the world. The charity was founded by JK Rowling after she read a newspaper article which showed children in orphanages in Eastern Europe being kept in caged beds.

"A violent place for children"

"A violent place for children"
When Olesea was seven she was sent away to live in a children’s home in Moldova. She says, “It was a violent place. I had to fight with other children, even for a piece of bread.” There were few adults to intervene, and certainly no love or comfort.

Olesea survived and thrived

Olesea survived and thrived
Lumos works with governments to close children’s homes and orphanages, and reform outdated care systems. Olesea was moved to a caring foster family. She says, for the first time, she knew what love meant. She now advocates for children.

Children are better off in families

Children are better off in families
Sergiu has hearing and speech impairments. He’s tending plants in an inclusive education unit set up by Lumos. Lumos supports care reform around the world so that children can grow up in safe and loving families, and not orphanages.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 19 May 202407:54
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 19 May 202421:25
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 23 May 202415:27
    BBC Radio 4

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