Esther: an inspiration

Myanmar Friday, 01 March 2013

From a baby who was abandoned at birth and later found out to be HIV, into a confident, healthy and talented young girl in our children’s home in B...

Sponsored Silence = Sponsored Child

Ethiopia Thursday, 21 February 2013

Lucy, a year 5 pupil from Larne, Northern Ireland, felt compelled to take action when she heard in her school assembly that money was running low f...

New children's village in Kalymayo, Burma

Myanmar Wednesday, 30 January 2013

We are excited to share that the dream of building a brand new children’s village in Kalymayo in Burma has become a reality and in 2012, the kids f...

Fulfilling dreams

Myanmar Tuesday, 22 January 2013

“Thank you very, very much you support me. Unless you help me, I could not study. I don’t know how to say but I can say Thank You so much and God b...

Giving something back

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Christmas was a time of giving as well as receiving for the boys in our Rehoboth Home in Guatemala, as they visited the local elderly people’s care...

Christmas in Colombia

Colombia, Wednesday, 09 January 2013

The children in our school in Guacamayal, Colombia, had a wonderful Christmas celebration thanks to the generosity of local folk who had heard abou...

The best present of all

Ethiopia, Friday, 21 December 2012

Ten years old and severely disabled after being injured by a cluster bomb, Grum could only dream of going to school. That was until Stand by Me hea...

Jenifer's amazing recovery

Colombia, Friday, 07 December 2012

Two major heart operations, intensive care and even a pace maker did not seem to solve little Jenifer’s heart problems, despite Stand by Me arrangi...

Could you run 1,000 miles in a year?

Friday, 30 November 2012

As we enter the final month of the year, and the final month of the Stand by Me Tonne Run, Michael Glover from Lisburn, County Down, has not only b...

The Great North Run

Tuesday, 06 November 2012

Completing the Great North Run to raise funds for Stand by Me was a momentous occasion for Judith Hoey, Jen Brown and David Boyd. The race guided t...

Sweet success

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Stephen Carter, assisted by Alan Russell, decided to put their summer holidays to good use this year. They filled up a giant sweet jar and set off ...

Men on a Mission

Ethiopia, Thursday, 18 October 2012

Pictured on top of Mount Snowdon are 13 “Men on a Mission” who started their Four Peaks challenge on 6 September by climbing Ben Nevis, continued w...

Stand by... almost there...