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I was delighted during my recent visit to Recife to see work well underway on a new building for one of Happy Child’s key partners, Instituto Solidare.   We work with them to provide the Training and Skills programme, which helps young  people bridge the gap between a basic secondary education and applying for apprenticeships in some of Recife’s big companies.  We also support a Mothers and Babies programme which helps young mothers to look after their babies while at the s

Leonel is working out his dreams by taking hold of all the learning opportunities that have been given to him in life.   When he was a child, he passed a test to study in a private school. In the afternoons he participated in after school clubs which were hosted by social projects.   When he was a young man, he started to give violin classes to help with costs at home.  Later on, he got a place on the Mentoring and Skills Training Project which is supported by Happy Child Int

Studies indicate that children who are socially vulnerable are more likely to be affected by respiratory illnesses like asthma and rhinitis . Ammar Transforma identifies these diseases in children and young people today and is able to benefit from the voluntary services of Patricia Santos, an ear, nose and throat specialist. Patricia tells us how she got involved with the project. She says “During the pandemic I began to feel wrestless. I thought about the need and the diffic

This is the inspiring story of 14  year old Leticia Rodriguez Rocha. At the beginning of 2024  Leticia’s cousin was attending Saturday...

We Brazilians grew up listening and reading stories about how difficult it was to get an education, a factor all blamed on our ancestors,...

We Brazilians grew up listening and reading stories about how difficult it was to get an education, a factor all blamed on our ancestors,...

“ A normal conversation wasn’t possible, not in my house.   There were three of us deeply wounded from the fights we had with one another...

For a while professions in tech appear on the lists of most promising career choices. According to Advance Consulting, in 2023 the IT...

The 2025   World Weekend of Prayer  for vulnerable children unites hundreds of thousands of children and adults across the world in...

IT course students from 2025 Tamandaré is a beautiful town on the south coast of Pernambuco renowned as a natural paradise with stunning...

Brazil faces a public health problem. Adolescent pregnancy.  Figures from the Health Ministry in 2020 indicated that there were nearly...

Historically  the state Brazilian Health Care system SUS (translated Unique Health System) has constantly suffered from budget cuts which...

For the last five years Happy Child International has partnered with Brazilian NGO Instituto Solidare  supporting it financially to...

Photo left to right (Emerson Ryan 18, Esther Monique 17, Ellen Raquel 17, Grazielly Estefany 18, Alisson Felipe 17 Today in Brazil 1 in 5...

The discussion about the dangers of technology in Brazil has gained increasing prominence.  Trusted research shows that Brazilians spend...

The city of Tamandaré, located on the southern coast of Pernambuco, has experienced a true story of transformation through Project...

We want to continue to build on our vision of a world “where every child and young person realises their full potential in a safe and...

Project Tamandaré assists 400 vulnerable children and young people. They also help 300 families in the Tamandaré communities of Oito Zero...

If you had the opportunity to walk on the streets of Coqueiral, or Coque, or any intensely populated neighborhood of Recife’s...

Gabriel Pereira da Silva’ is 19 years old and stopped studying in the first year of secondary school. He said that after the birth of his...