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...

Easy as 1, 2, 3?

Romania, Wednesday, 05 November 2014

Maths – you either love it or you hate it. But we all have to learn it, and so do all our children in our programmes around the world. In Romania, ...

The gift of a real home

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Meti and her mother were abandoned by her father when Meti was only a little baby. Meti and her mother would wander the streets begging for money a...

A family to belong to

Myanmar, Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Elijah lived with his father and mother in a river delta area in Burma. When Cyclone Nargis hit in 2008 there was extensive destruction and floodin...

Miles of smiles

Colombia, Friday, 03 October 2014

Our children’s health is of great importance and one area essential to their wellbeing is dental health. Without proper dental care, high levels of...

Twas the summer of looms…

Ethiopia, Wednesday, 24 September 2014

The kids in Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia just loved their loom bracelets, the craze has definitely struck.Children (and their parents!) in Northern Irelan...

Stand by... almost there...