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Visiting Partner Projects in Recife, Northeast Brazil.
During the month of February Happy Child International’s Chair of the Board John Doddrell and I are visiting our partner projects in...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Feb 14, 2024


Unplanned Early Pregnancy in Brazil – Working to bring change.
Happy Child International is supporting a project in the northeast of Brazil designed to tackle the issues of unplanned early pregnancy...
Caroline Taylor
Feb 7, 2024


Social Challenges in Brazil
Happy Child shares a detailed view of the reality faced by the population of Brazil POPULATION Brazil has a population of 215 million...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jan 31, 2024


Let’s look back at 2023 and be encouraged.
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...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jan 22, 2024


Sensational Finish to 2023
Happy Child International and the team closed 2023 with our House of Commons 30th Anniversary Fundraising Dinner on the 7th of...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Dec 15, 2023


Five Reasons Why Very Poor Children May Miss Their Sleep
We talked with Tarcísia Rose de Sousa Farias, Projeto Tamandaré’s educational coordinator, about the role of sleep for very small...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Nov 23, 2023


The Difference a Good Nap Makes!
Projeto Tamamdaré receives, every day, children ages 2 through to 15 years of age and have as their mission the provision of assistance...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Nov 7, 2023


Stengthening families, investing in a child’s future.
Project Tamandaré assists 400 vulnerable children and young people. They also help 300 families in the Tamandaré communities of Oito Zero...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Oct 27, 2023


A better future for hundreds of vulnerable children and young people – one man’s triumph.
Happy Child International continues to build important partnerships in the north east of Brazil which will impact the lives of some of...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Oct 12, 2023


The Reality of Early Pregnancy
Globally in 2021, an estimated 14 per cent of adolescent girls and young women (below 18 years of age) gave birth to a child. According...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Sep 28, 2023


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...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Aug 31, 2023


Responsible Parenting
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...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jul 26, 2023


Putting Our Best Foot Forward to Help Others.
Kent Walkers Surrey Walkers This year Happy Child International...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jul 18, 2023


Three Dreams
Amanda Verusk leads The Gathering Project which this year has followed 18 young vulnerable mums between the ages of 16 and 21. It has...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jul 11, 2023


The Three Sad Moments of Project Gathering’s First Year
Amanda Verusk leads The Gathering Project which this year has followed 18 young vulnerable mums between the ages of 16 and 21. It has...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jul 5, 2023


Project Gathering: Time to Count Our Blessings.
Amanda Verusk leads The Gathering Project which this year has followed 18 young vulnerable mums between the ages of 16 and 21. It has...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jun 29, 2023


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...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jun 21, 2023


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...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
Jun 16, 2023


World Wide Day of Prayer 2023
The Worldwide Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk is a global initiative held during the first weekend of June every year, uniting...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
May 31, 2023


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...
HAPPY CHILD INTERNATIONAL
May 16, 2023
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