Chickens for self-sufficiency

Wednesday, 04 February 2015

Good nutritious food is essential to the health, education and well-being of all of our children. Enabling or homes and the families of our children to be as self-sufficient as possible in food production and animal rearing is an important aim for us at Stand by Me. 

Casa Monte Plata cares for siblings

Dominican Republic Wednesday, 04 February 2015

Ana Niurka (12 years old) and her younger siblings Wilber (11 years old) and Ana Niovalin (8 years old) are safe in their new family home: the Casa...

Stand by Me students on Ethiopian TV

Ethiopia Thursday, 29 January 2015

Scientists in the making, Joseph and Belete are two students at our Bethany School in Bekoji, Ethiopia. They had a little taste of being TV stars w...

Engler receives a scholarship

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

The Rehoboth Children’s Home in Guatemala is home to children rescued from severe poverty, malnutrition and, in some cases, terrible abuse and negl...

Bringing hygiene to Bethany School

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 14 January 2015

For a number of months we have been building a toilet and shower block at the Bethany School in Bekoji, Ethiopia to improve the hygiene of our stud...

A generous Christmas

Romania, Wednesday, 07 January 2015

The girls in the House of Hope in Romania had a very happy Christmas and were the recipients of our supporters and sponsors’ kind generosity. The g...

Surprise shoes

Romania, Thursday, 18 December 2014

This year, our hope is to give our children a great Christmas with the gift of shoes; protecting their feet, keeping them warm and bringing joy. Th...

"I feel rich"

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 10 December 2014

On average, a woman in the UK owns 20 pairs of shoes! Chaltu is now a young woman in our Bekoji Children’s Village in Ethiopia, before coming to St...

Weaving stars

Romania, Thursday, 04 December 2014

In September a little girl, Hana* joined the Denisa Day Care Centre in Dobrun, Romania. Hana’s mother asked Stand by Me to accept the young girl in...

Protect their every step this Christmas

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Shoes are something we will take for granted this Christmas, but a new pair of shoes will make our children’s year. Without an adequate pair of sho...

Doctors’ visit to Guacamayal

Colombia, Friday, 21 November 2014

Amongst the poverty and crime in Guacamayal Colombia the Centro Educativo Cristiano School gives children much more than just an education. It prov...

New students at the Eva Russell School

Dominican Republic, Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Here are the ten little bundles of fun that have arrived at the Eva Russell School in the Dominican Republic for the Pre-Kindergarten grade. All of...

Stand by... almost there...