For many of the children we work with, Christmas can be just another difficult day, one more reminder of what they don’t have. No tree. No gifts. No safe place to celebrate. That’s why moments like yesterday matter so deeply. At our mentoring centre, we welcomed more than 100 high-risk children for a Christmas party

Saturday, 20th of December 2025 No time limit on a hug! At Dunedin Airport in New Zealand, hugging has been given a time limit! Three minutes. That’s all you’re allowed. The rule was introduced to keep traffic flowing in the drop-off zone, with polite signs encouraging travellers to move to the car park if they’re

Radio Christmas returned with its festive broadcasts on Monday, the 1st of December. With studios in Amersham, Guatemala, and Honduras, the station aims to raise £20,000 for Street Kids Direct. Volunteers run the daily broadcasts, and many children help raise funds through the ever-popular School Hour. Every weekday on Radio Christmas, The School Hour brings the fun,

Celebrating success is essential, especially in a country where children face enormous barriers to completing their education. In Guatemala, only 61% of children finish primary school, and UNICEF reports that just 43% transition into lower secondary education. The situation is even more alarming for children growing up in high-risk communities, where poverty, violence, and instability

We were honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Edinburgh, to the Centro Opp Mentoring Centre in Guatemala City this past Saturday — a truly memorable day for our children, staff, and volunteers. From the moment she arrived, the Duchess brought an atmosphere of joy, warmth, and genuine compassion. She took time with

After ten incredible years in El Centro — the first mentoring centre we opened in Guatemala City — we will sadly be closing its doors later this month. We are very thankful to the building’s owners, who so generously loaned it to us in 2015 to begin our mentoring programme and outreach in La Terminal. We are