We’re doing everything we can to make a difference in our kids' lives. Yet many return home after school to go to sleep on the hard, cold ground alongside their parents and siblings. But a bed can change all that.

Across the world our kids have been celebrating Christmas and as we look back on 2019 we are so grateful for your support. Through sponsorship, fundraising and sharing the stories of our kids you have helped to make this year another incredible one. We wanted to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you on behalf of our kids like Sifan, Khup Kho Mang and Isaac.

Our Gift Catalogue is a great means of blessing our children but it is also a special way for you to buy a meaningful gift for a loved one. Having purchased an item, we will send you a gift card with a space for you to write a personal message, explaining that you have bought a gift for a child on their behalf. These gifts will empower our kids to dream big and hope for more.

Christmas is a great time of year where many of us enjoy sending cards or giving gifts to those we love. For sponsors who see their sponsored children as part of their own family, you can do the same for them and give them a very happy Christmas.

15 year old Sena is kind and thoughtful, full of potential and, just like every child, deserving of a bright future. But Sena is living with HIV, causing her to worry. Today Sena is healthy thanks to the life-changing HIV Food Programme. She tells us how the programme has taken away her worries and helped her feel happy again. 

On a fresh summer day in June 2019, Longstone Primary School took on the massive challenge of collectively running a marathon. From the little legs of the Primary 1’s to the confident strides of the Primary 7’s, everyone played their part in raising money to help provide school meals for our kids in Ethiopia.

We couldn't do what we do without the support of amazing fundraisers like Jeeva who use their energy, skills, time and motivation to fundraise for our kids. Jeeva tells us about her Everest challenge and why she chose the children of Stand by Me to fundraise for. 

Do you love an opportunity to raise donations for our Stand by Me kids at no extra cost to you (or to us)? When you shop at Amazon through their new charity platform AmazonSmile, they will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases directly to Stand by Me.