A series of three videos on how early experiences are built into our bodies and brains.

In this TED video, Georgette Mulheir, CEO of Lumos, an NGO dedicated to ending worldwide systematic institutionalization, describes how orphanages can cause irreparable damage to children both mentally and physically and urges to end reliance on them by finding alternate ways of supporting children in need.

This is a short animation movie produced by the Child Protection Working Group for the launch of the "Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action". It tells the story of Samira, who became separated from her family during an emergency and found child protection workers who were able to locate her family and reunify them.

In this TED Talk, poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his story of growing up in foster care in the UK. 

In this TED Talk, Daniela Papi - founder of PEPY, a Cambodian youth leadership organization, and PEPY Tours, a development education travel company - speaks of the ways that international volunteering can be harmful to children and communities and urges volunteers and organizations to rethink “voluntourism.”

In this video, film-maker Kate Blewett finds out what a lifetime in the care of the state really means for Ukraine's forgotten children.

This People & Power documentary from Al Jazeera investigates the orphanage tourism industry in Cambodia. 

This video showcases the Family-based care program of Save the Children and its partners in Indonesia.

This video from ABC News Australia reports on a hospital in Japan that is taking in unwanted newborns from around the country, sparking debate on whether the hospital is helping mothers or encouraging abandonment.

Short video illustrating the ways social protection safeguards children and their families – including those affected by AIDS – at every level from communities to entire countries and beyond.