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The Radio Christmas project was a huge success this past year, raising over £25,000 for the projects that Street Kids Direct partner with in Central America. Thanks to the huge team of 480 volunteers who helped produce shows from 6am on the 1st December through until 1pm on Christmas Eve, together with all those who

Tuesday 10th October 2023 I think this is the first time I have ever written a blog about the political situation here and do so in the hope that those who read this will pray for the peace of Guatemala, as we are far from that right now. The world´s attention has been on horrific

On the afternoon of Monday 25th September 2023 heavy rains caused a huge swell of water that filled the river that runs through the city and together with a landslide has caused the death of many people including children. The ongoing crisis to find suitable homes for people on very low incomes forces many to

The annual Camino por Amor (Walking for Love) sponsored walk returned this August 19th in Guatemala, Honduras and the UK. We are very thankful to all those who took part in the walks to raise funds for the ongoing work with at-risk children in Central America. In the UK the Windsor Section walked to Windsor

Street Kids Direct is very thankful to Acquisition International for the award of the Most Transformational Child Rescue Charity 2023 for the South East of England. https://www.acquisition-international.com/winners/street-kids-direct/ We are grateful to all our supporters and the project we partner with in Honduras and Guatemala whose work is acknowledged in this award.

Steve & Lindsey Poulson are currently in the UK travelling around speaking at a variety of events to speak about their work with Street Kids Direct in Honduras. The missionary couple help corrdinate the outreach work with Proyecto Alas, a local NGO in Talanga, Honduras.  The Alas project reaches children and youth at risk of

The Alas project that Street Kids Direct supports in Honduras has reported that 4 of the boys in the mentoring programme have passed the entrance exam and were offered places in prestigious residential Christian school, El Sembrador (“The Sower”). The boys are some of the most academically capable in Alas, but are from some of

Thanks to your support we have been able to open a new mentoring centre in Guatemala City. The centre is based in Santa Faz, a developing slum on the outskirts of the city.  We are renting a small shop that we have converted into a safe space for the vulnerable children and youth we work

Over the last two weeks we have been able to offer a safe refuge to a lovely family who grew up and lived in a dangerous part of Guatemala City.   The boys were struggling because the local gang were trying to recruit them.  When the older boy refused the family started to get voice messages

The SKDGuatemala team have been supported by students from the Social Services Department of San Carlos University in Guatemala City to help trial a new parenting programme. The programme helps parents understand the impact the decisions they make have on their children, how to effectively parent, how to best support their children and help keep