Birthday surprise

Thursday, 04 October 2012

Becky*, a young girl who recently joined our Oasis Girls’ Home in Guatemala, beamed with pride when she was handed a present on her birthday in Sep...

Five top tips: writing to your sponsored child

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Your relationship with your sponsored child is all about making a connection – so write to your child like one of your family. Letters do not have ...

A graduation to remember

Dominican Republic Thursday, 13 September 2012

A graduation to rememberMarco*, one of the eldest boys at the Casa Monte Plata home in the Dominican Republic, will be graduating from High School ...

Courage and Determination

Ethiopia Friday, 07 September 2012

Michael is a brave and courageous 11 year old boy who is so determined to study that he has crafted himself a job as a shoe shiner, in a town of ex...

When paths cross

Nepal, Friday, 31 August 2012

A young girl named Salomi recently joined our Children’s Home in Nepal. We asked our director to share the touching story of how he first came to k...

A life-changing trip to Nepal

Nepal, Tuesday, 21 August 2012

A team of volunteers from Braintree report in from the Stand by Me children’s hostel in Nepal, to share their experience of their two week stay so ...

Blossoming into a model student

Colombia, Thursday, 09 August 2012

Diana has transformed from a troubled, challenging child into a model pupil since joining the Stand by Me school in Colombia, thanks to the love an...

Loch Ness monster challenge

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Graeme Crow, aged 25, has signed up to run a gruelling 26.2 miles in the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon after leaving a Keith and Kristyn Getty concert...

A taste of theatre for our girls in Guatemala

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

The girls at The Oasis homes in Guatemala are busy rehearsing for a performance at the end of July, as the result of a visit from the Bond Street T...

Expanding: The Grace School goes from strength to strength

Myanmar, Friday, 29 June 2012

Student numbers at the Grace School in Burma have risen from 100 to 360 in the last five years and when the extension work that is currently taking...

Jumping through hoops raises money for children

Myanmar, Friday, 22 June 2012

Pupils at Immanuel School in Romford, Essex, took a hop, skip and a jump this week as they tackled a varied obstacle course, in order to raise mone...

The road ahead

Myanmar, Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Not every child is wandering the streets, orphaned and alone, but that doesn’t mean they are not in desperate need of a helping hand from Stand by ...

Stand by... almost there...