Our Partnerships
We work in partnership with government agencies, voluntary groups, churches and individuals to meet the needs of street children, and also to support their families and communities.
180 degrees Alliance – United Global Action with Street Children
Six key organisations working with Street Children around the world came together in 2005 to form this important Alliance in the belief that they could have a greater impact collectively in reducing the number of street children worldwide from the present figure of 120 million. The aim and vision of 180 is to improve the quality of work with street children and multiply the impact of work with them on a global scale. Hubs have already been established in Recife, Brazil and Manila, Philippines. The founding Christian organisations are: Happy Child, Oasis, Toybox, Action Int., Viva, Retrak.
1Stop Insurance Consultants - General Insurance products which benefit Happy Child
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Municipal Council For The Rights Of Children And Young People - CMDC
Happy Child supports this organisation which is developing policies focused on children and young people in the Belo Horizonte municipality. It helps to detemrine priorities for work with young people.
Giving Hands Magazine
Happy Child partners and participates in the Editorial Council of this publication which has a circulation of 35.000 copies. It is designed to instruct and equip people involved in Christian work with children and young people at risk, and to wake up the churches and Christian communities for this work. Editor Ultimato, Viva Network, Tearfund, World Vision, Equip, Inc., Chance International, are also part of this team.
GIRARUA
Happy Child is also part of the GIRARUA Collegiate (Inter-institution Support Group which works with Girls and Boys who live on the streets). It is an NGO which brings together "Service Lender" organisations with a common public goal. The organisations act like a "Social Movement" which seeks to stimulate society into offering opportunties and actions which combat the social exclusion of these children and young people. It seeks also to strengthen the work in the organisations involved, through the sharing of experiences, learning and knowledge to improve service quality.
Happy Child also participates in the following forums:
- Municipal Forum for the Defence of the Rights of the Child and the Adolescent
- Forum for Shelters