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The Voice of the Streets choir from SKDGuatemala has released their second Christmas song. Partnering with Matt Molnar, under his Melodious Mutt brand, the children from the SKDGuatemala choir recorded a version of Feliz Navidad, which will be promoted on this year´s Radio Christmas. We are very thankful for the support Matt has given Street

This past week has been shadowed by tragedy and loss for some of the young people who have participated in the SKD mentoring programme in Guatemala City. On Monday evening, 17-year-old José was near his home in La Terminal, Guatemala City, when a man approached and shot him multiple times. As he fell to the

Since January, over half a million Venezuelans have braved the treacherous journey through the Panamanian jungle, an ordeal culminating at the notorious Darién Gap, the dividing line between Central and South America. These courageous individuals have trekked for months, escaping countless hardships in Venezuela. Their reasons for fleeing are as varied as they are heart-wrenching,

The award-winning book MIracle Children is now in its second and updated edition. The book won the Christian Book of the Yera in the UK in 1998, and this newer edition has been rewritten, slightly updated, and new material added. It is now available on Amazon in hardback, paperback and for download to your Kindle

Street Kids Direct are very excited that one of the boys who has come through the mentoring programme, Danilo Cuin, has been offered a two-year training placement with Rock UK, starting this September. Danilo will start with an intensive 3-4 month training programme in a variety of outdoor sports and experiences that he will be then

Thanks to funds raised on Radio Christmas and the support of Global Care UK we have been able to keep the Casa Alexis Children´s Home open in Guatemala City. The Protection Home was opened to offer a safe place of refuge for children and families at great social risk. The home has been used to

Street Kids Direct began receiving a large number of donations for 50p, £1 and £2 all of a sudden and wondered what was happening as the messages said “Let´s break those rules!” and we wondered what was going on! After some investigation we discovered that the donations came from parents of the children at Elangeni

In 1991 the BBC broadcast its popular Sunday evening Everyman documentary programme and one programme in the series has impacted the lives of thousands of children in Central America.  The programme was called `They Shoot Children, Don´t They?´and highlighted the torture and killing of children on the streets of Guatemala City, in Guatemala, Central America.

One of the projects that Street Kids Direct has supported for over 10 years is the Go Guatemala ministry in Guatemala City.  The dedicated team of volunteers work in the notorious zone 18, which is infamous for its gang membership, kidnappings, extortions and gang warfare. Pastors Alex and Evelyn, together with their children and a

Honduras is known for its coffee.  The uniqueness of growing Arabica coffee in Honduras stems from the country´s rich soil, average temperatures and high altitude that places it among the best coffee producing countries in the world. The Proyecto Alas ministry in Talanga, Honduras, reaches out to around 60 vulnerable at-risk children and youth with