News & Events

Below we have provided information about recent and upcoming events, and news updates of our work:

Events in 2012

Please add these dates to your diaries......more details from valerie.mcnally@happychild.org or the individuals listed

February 8th 2012 – Day of prayer for Happy Child Hubs, London venue tbc
(contact: caroline.taylor@happychild.org)

February 29th 2012– Garrick Club lunch hosted by Baroness Anne Gibson
(contact: caroline.taylor@happychild.org)

February/March/April 2012 – Launch of 1000 Sign Up campaign in Brazilian Post

May 2012 – Happy Child’s Hubs National Event Day in Devon, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Berkshire, Surrey and London (contact: caroline.taylor@happychild.org)

June 23rd 2012 – Happy Child’s ‘SLUMber Challenge’ for youth aged 13-18, 10K sponsored walk and "sleep in your own slum". Shere near Guildford
(contact: beth.townend@happychild.org)

September 2012 – Garrick Club lunch for supporters
(contact: caroline.taylor@happychild.org)

October 2012 – Happy Child Golf Event at Effingham Golf Club – Mark Pinks (pinksfamily@btinternet.com)

November 2012 – Happy Child House of Commons Dinner hosted by Sir Paul Beresford – tables of 10 (contact: beth.townend@happychild.org)

Recent News and Events

House of Commons Dinner - 11th November 2010 from 6.45pm

Photographs from the successful House of Commons Dinner hosted by Sir Paul Beresford MP are available from here. Use password happycommons

View a short video by Claudio Cerritelli of Happy Childs trip to Angola in November 2009.

Happy Child's letter to the Editor of the Independent newspaper is published. (June 2010)

Read the letter.

'The Street Children Of Brazil' - Book Launch in the House of Commons

The launch of Sarah de Carvalho's new fully-updated book, 'The Street Children Of Brazil', was hosted by Russell Brown MP in the House of Commons on the 20th October 2009. You can purchase a copy of the book at various well-known bookstores including Amazon, WHSmith and Waterstones. You can also view photos and speeches from the event by clicking the image below:

Premier Radio interview with Sarah de Carvalho

On 26th October 2009, Bridgitte Tetteh and Dave Rose met with Sarah de Carvalho to talk about how she gave up a media career to work with street children in Brazil....

Listen to the interview....

Premier Christian Radio - On Demand

You will need Adobe Flash Player to listen to the radio interview. If you do not have this free software, you can download it by clicking this button.