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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...

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...

April 12th was International Day for Street Children all around the world! Initiated by the Consortium for Street Children, a global...

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...

Happy Child International continues to build important partnerships in the north east of Brazil which will impact the lives of some of...

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...

The Worldwide Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk is a global initiative held during the first weekend of June every year, uniting...

Sueleide is the second on the left wearing glasses. Jenyffer, her niece is on the far right wearing glasses. On November 23, 2021,...

April 12th 2023 is International Day for Street Children all around the world. Initiated in 2012 by the Consortium for Street Children, a...

Jefferson and his family, live in Sapo Nu. He attends the mentoring and skills training project. We are in Recife, North East Brazil...

This month Happy Child International focuses on the theme “opportunities”. Instituto Solidare, delivers the Mentoring and Skills Training...

Recife, PE, the focus of Happy Child’s activities, is a city which attracts migrant populations who want to move from the impoverished,...

Happy Child International is a Christian organisation. Every year we celebrate the World Wide Weekend of Prayer for vulnerable and at...

Dear Friends and Partners in Recife, We have been shocked and dismayed to see news of the unprecedented rainfall and terrible floods that...

Projeto Tamandaré is a vibrant project on the south coast of Pernambuco State, Brazil. Its goal is to reach, educate and support children...