| On September 27, 2018, the first Barnahus (Children´s Advocacy Center) of Germany was opened in Leipzig. Swedish Queen Silvia who is the founder of The Childhood Foundation attended the opening of Childhood-Haus. Germany’s first Barnahus was opened by Childhood Germany in cooperation with the Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (Hospital and Polyclinic for Children’s and Youth Medicine) at University Hospital Leipzig. The Childhood House is one of around a thousand projects around the world run by the World Childhood Foundation, which was founded in 1999 by Queen Silvia to protect children's rights to a safe childhood, as well as highlight issues concerning the sexual exploitation of children. |
