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J.K. Rowling describes how a newspaper photograph of a distressed boy locked in a caged bed prompted her to investigate the institutionalization of children and establish Lumos. Named after a Harry Potter spell that brings light into darkness, the charity works to keep children with their families and end their placement in institutions.

Rowling cites an estimate that eight million children worldwide have been separated from their families and placed in institutions. She says most are not orphans: their parents may be unable to care for them because of poverty or a lack of local health and education services, particularly for children with disabilities. Other children enter institutions because family-based alternatives are unavailable.

She argues that institutional care can cause lasting physical and psychological harm, even in well-resourced facilities. Children may experience neglect, malnutrition, abuse, developmental delays and difficulty forming relationships. As adults, they may face exclusion, unemployment and continued dependence.

Lumos advocates supporting vulnerable families through education, health care and social services, while providing foster care, adoption and other family-based alternatives when children cannot remain with their parents. Rowling says this approach is also more cost-effective than institutional care. She cites reductions in institutionalization in Moldova, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria as evidence that change is possible.

Lumos estimates that child institutionalization could be eliminated worldwide by 2050. Rowling calls on international donors and the public to sustain support for that goal, including through the **#LetsTalkLumos** awareness campaign.