History

Happy Child Mission was founded in 1993 by John and Sarah de Carvalho. Sarah received a calling from God to leave her television career to work with street children in Brazil. While working in the Borel slum in Rio de Janeiro she met a missionary from Youth With a Mission (YWM), João Bosco. They shared the same vision to rescue and restore street children and formed Happy Child to work with street children in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Today Happy Child has grown to over 40 staff in Brazil caring for 100 children at any one time in 7 houses:

Centro de Passagem Emaús (10 boys/5girls)
Girls House (12 girls)
Santa Branca House (12 boys)
Céu Azul House (12 boys/girls)
Planalto House (12 boys;girls)
Farm (20 young boys)
Young Girls Hostel(space for 16 girls)