News from Ethiopia

Fedasa’s family lived on less than one pound a day, desperately poor, he was without the chance to ever attend school. Now at the Stand by Me Abdi ...

Alli works in the Stand by Me Northern Ireland office, she was part of a recent team trip to Dembi Dollo, below she gives an account of a particula...

Fighting dogs for food in the streets, orphaned and trying to survive; Misire, Bogalech and Meaza are three sisters who had nobody but themselves t...

Life gave Samuel a very poor start. Orphaned and destitute, Samuel wandered the streets of Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia, in search of someone that might c...

A much needed boys’ home was opened in our Bekoji Children’s Village. The three boys there have now been joined by Michael (second left). After los...

This year 13 year old Rachel, from County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, stunned her parents by asking for a very special Christmas present – to spon...

We are excited to share that Stand by Me has opened a brand new school in Dembi Dollo, in Ethiopia, and on 15th November 2013, 240 eager children a...

Braving the cold and blustery weather that November brings, Sophie de Winter is venturing out onto the streets of Cardiff with bare feet for an ent...