Myanmar, where we care for over 2,200 children, continues to be ravaged by war. In the north, families live under the constant threat of aerial bombardment, where schools, churches and homes can be struck without warning. As conflict intensifies, for thousands the only choice has been to flee. 

“Displacement often makes children feel invisible.” shared Thawn, who held a camp for over 250 displaced children in north-west Myanmar. 

In recent months rising tensions between the military and rebel groups have forced families to flee to other villages, forests and across the Indo-Burma border, leaving behind all that they own and taking with them the deep wounds of trauma.  

I wanted to share with you an update from my recent trip to Romania to visit the children at our Denisa Day Care Centre. I had the privilege of taking a small team to teach sewing skills to the children, to encourage confidence in maths and to give the children a view of themselves as part of a big world-wide Stand by Me family that cares about each other. 

We wanted to share with you some of the incredible impact that the gifts purchased through the catalogue have made in the lives of our kids around ...

Across the world our kids have been celebrating Christmas and as we look back on 2025 we are so grateful for your support. Through sponsorship, fundraising and sharing the stories of our kids you have helped to make 2025 another incredible year.

In the Banana Zone of northern Colombia there is very little hope. Families live in terrible conditions, far below the poverty line and are surrounded by the constant threat of violence. For children growing up in a small, neglected town, the cycle of poverty seems inescapable and the chance of a brighter future, impossible. 

Each year, we are privileged to welcome children into our care who urgently need support and deserve the chance of a life-changing education. In September, we opened our doors to 40 new children at our Abdi Academy in Ethiopia. 

When we came across many children living in desperate poverty in a town close to the Sudanese border in 2010, opening a care centre was the best way we could help at the time, by clothing them, feeding them and providing a basic education. But very soon, the building we were renting for the centre was bursting at the seams.