Christmas is a great time of year where many of us enjoy sending cards or giving gifts to those we love. For sponsors who see their sponsored children as part of their own family, you can do the same for them and give them a very happy Christmas.

15 year old Sena is kind and thoughtful, full of potential and, just like every child, deserving of a bright future. But Sena is living with HIV, causing her to worry. Today Sena is healthy thanks to the life-changing HIV Food Programme. She tells us how the programme has taken away her worries and helped her feel happy again. 

On a fresh summer day in June 2019, Longstone Primary School took on the massive challenge of collectively running a marathon. From the little legs of the Primary 1’s to the confident strides of the Primary 7’s, everyone played their part in raising money to help provide school meals for our kids in Ethiopia.

We couldn't do what we do without the support of amazing fundraisers like Jeeva who use their energy, skills, time and motivation to fundraise for our kids. Jeeva tells us about her Everest challenge and why she chose the children of Stand by Me to fundraise for. 

Do you love an opportunity to raise donations for our Stand by Me kids at no extra cost to you (or to us)? When you shop at Amazon through their new charity platform AmazonSmile, they will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases directly to Stand by Me. 

We are proud that three of our students at the Yangon Children’s Village passed their grade 10 matriculation exams, graduating from High School.

We’re thankful for amazing people like Ella, caring for our kids and doing something to make their lives better. Ella took on a big challenge to climb a munro and chose Stand by Me to benefit from her efforts after hearing about our work through her school.

Rescuing 10 girls from neglect in state orphanages in Romania 20 years ago was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. Cami tells us what it’s like to celebrate the 20^th Anniversary of the House of Hope.