Why so many children? Why so Young?
If you had the opportunity to walk on the streets of Coqueiral, or Coque, or any intensely populated neighborhood of Recife’s...
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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...
Miles may lie between us, but we’re never far apart.
This week, Happy Child International hosted Eve Barham, a local student from Ashtead, for a work experience day where she learnt about...
Ademir Fernando: life’s hardships only intensify the desire to be a good father
Ademir Fernando, 53 years old, is a friendly gentleman whose life is a living testimony to the fact that fatherhood can be a driving...
Put your best foot forward
Join us on Saturday June 17th 2023 Happy Child International has been operating for 30 years. Despite the turmoil of our times I believe...
Hope is a choice, opportunities are a blessing!
Jefferson, 16, is the eldest boy in the house. He lives with his mother, a stepfather and brother Johanes, 14, Ulises, 11, and 4-year-old...
We hope they will thrive, not just survive!
Cristina Cortes and John Doddrell, members of the board of directors of Happy Child International, recently visited the charity’s...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
- Nov 8, 2022
Your legacy – investing in the transformation of lives.
This month in the UK we are commemorating Remembrance Sunday and some of us will be wearing a red poppy to remember our war dead. I...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
- Oct 27, 2022
Opportunities – changing young people’s future
This month Happy Child International focuses on the theme “opportunities”. Instituto Solidare, delivers the Mentoring and Skills Training...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
- Sep 8, 2022
The difference Project Ammar Transforma is making
In August Board Director João Martinez da Cruz was able to visit one of the Christian organisations Happy Child International partners...
Caroline Taylor
- Jul 19, 2022
Hear from the young people on the Mentoring and Training Skills Project 2
We have prepared a special challenge for you our supporters. We invite you to write a prayer for one of the young people featured below....
Caroline Taylor
- Jul 19, 2022
Floods affect the poorest of the poor – any solutions?
Every year, several thousand of the poorest families in Recife see dirty water seep and rise into their homes, sometimes taking a lot of...
Caroline Taylor
- Jun 9, 2022
Happy Child International's Summer Fundraising Walk 2nd July 2022
Like all charities Happy Child International depends on the good will of you our generous donors and supporters. Your giving enables the...
Caroline Taylor
- Jun 2, 2022
Stronger Together in Faith –World Weekend of Prayer
Happy Child International is a Christian organisation. Every year we celebrate the World Wide Weekend of Prayer for vulnerable and at...
Caroline Taylor
- May 24, 2022
Bringing Hope and Transformation to young people in Recife
It was an enormous pleasure to visit one of our church-based partners in Recife, North East Brazil in April. The whole experience was...
Caroline Taylor
- May 19, 2022
An Inspiring Visit: Projeto Tamandaré
Projeto Tamandaré is a vibrant project on the south coast of Pernambuco State, Brazil. Its goal is to reach, educate and support children...
Caroline Taylor
- Apr 27, 2022
Happy Child International’s visit to the Ammar Transforma project – Joana Bezerra, Recife.
After one year of supporting the Ammar Transforma project it was exciting to finally see the work and meet the team. On a very hot...
Caroline Taylor
- Apr 14, 2022
What gives us hope?
Both at home and out on the streets, the impoverished children of Recife are exposed to the rain, both the water that comes from the sky...
Caroline Taylor
- Apr 5, 2022
We need to take them out of the rain!
Visiting the streets of Recife with the Marco Zero project was an unforgettable experience. It felt deeply disturbing seeing waif like...
Caroline Taylor
- Jan 31, 2022
Happy Child’s House of Commons Fundraising Evening – December 9th 2021
Today I am relieved to write that Happy Child’s 2021 Fundraising Dinner went ahead as planned at the end of last year. It was touch and...
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