How we use your donations
The majority of our income goes directly on the delivery of our child and family services. On any one day, we have 100 children in our care living in our 7 homes and being cared for by over 40 staff.
We provide a full programme of care to children which starts with initial assessment in our reception house, Casa Emaus. Each child is an individual with their own needs and their time with Happy Child can be spent in a number of ways to suit their circumstances. Our houses are run on family principles each with a ‘Mum & Dad’ and supported by care assistants, social workers, psychologists and educationalists. Most of our costs are in running the homes to provide every comfort that you might find in any family home. However, we are restricted by the funds that we have available and often our dedicated staff work without days-off or holidays to ensure the children come first. As we are receiving some of the most traumatised children who have experienced severe physical, social and personal abuse and neglect, then the level of staffing and specialist support required is high.
Our plans for 2007 include the following:
| Sustain existing operations in Belo Horizonte looking after 100 children in 7 homes with 40 staff | £280,000 |
Open centre in Recife |
£50,000 |
Strengthen Belo staffing |
£20,000 |
Capital improvements in Belo |
£30,000 |
Information & Marketing |
£15,000 |
Support in UK & Brazil |
£30,000 |