WHEN HELPING OTHERS COMES AT A COST! There is a side to charity work that rarely makes it into the photographs, annual reports or social media posts. Sometimes, helping vulnerable people means working in places where doing good carries a very real personal risk. Recently, one of our team in Guatemala received death threats. The

Education Changes Lives For many vulnerable children in Guatemala, the desire to learn is not the problem. The challenge is having somewhere safe to do it. A young girl sitting on the side of the street doing her homework is a powerful image of determination, but it also highlights the barriers that many children face

Award Recognises 15 Years of Partnership with Go Guatemala Street Kids Direct founder and director, Duncan Dyason MBE, was honoured this week with a special award presented by Pastor Alex Mendez in recognition of more than 15 years of support for the work of Go Guatemala in Zone 18 of Guatemala City. For the past

Saturday 1st August 2026 I never imagined what my role as a charity worker would include. Had I known, I might have prepared myself a little better before stepping onto that plane in 1992, bound for Guatemala with little idea of what lay ahead or whether I would ever return. No one explained that I

Saturday, 25th July, 2026 Sometimes, the quietest words are the ones that leave the deepest impression. This week, I visited one of our mentoring centres in Guatemala, where we work with children growing up in difficult circumstances. It had been a good afternoon. The children had enjoyed playing football together, there had been plenty of

THE JOY OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS International partnerships are about far more than completing projects—they are about building relationships that create lasting impact. As another visit from an incredible team comes to an end, we would like to express our sincere thanks to the teams from Dr Challoner’s Grammar School (DCGS) and Venture Force UK for