Hope for Children decries withholding of kids’ allowances by welfare services

It is with deep disappointment that I make this public statement today. As the founder of Hope For Children CRC Policy Center, I am witnessing firsthand how certain administrative practices are putting children in Cyprus in a dire position.

To our shock, we recently discovered that the children’s allowances given by the Social Welfare Services have been entirely withheld through an offsetting process to cover outstanding contributions to the Social