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We want to take a moment to say the biggest Thank You to every single person involved in our Alalay story over the past 14 (!) years. Our amazing volunteers: you have checked our kids’ teeth and eyes; painted murals … Continue reading →

Awesome Alalay supporter Manny (of Seraphim Corps International) recently returned from Bolivia, and sent us these beautiful photos. Manny is a registered paramedic and taught basic first aid to many of our houseparents and children so they would know what … Continue reading →

We can’t quite believe that 2019 is the fourteen year anniversary of Friends of Alalay! During that time you have helped us raise over £200,000 to help Bolivian street children to help themselves. You can always read more about our … Continue reading →

Have any of our eagle-eyed supporters spotted the changes we’ve been making to our website over the last few weeks?? If not, here’s a few key changes/additions: Re-jigged home page, with new banner and video put back up Updated projects … Continue reading →

We were recently invited to join two great local events: the Southfield Road Annual Street Party and St. Matthew’s Church “Party in the Garden”. We offered the ever popular “Whack the Rat”, the world premiere of “Catch the Carrot” (for … Continue reading →

A big thank you to long-term Alalay supporter Hilary for successfully managing the first 16 days of “Dry January” to raise money to give the street kids a better future! Follow Hilary’s progress and sponsor her HERE. You can do … Continue reading →

We (and all the Alalay children and staff) would like to wish our wonderful Friends of Alalay supporters a very Merry Christmas. With your invaluable help, during the past twelve months we have: paid for 10,000 panettone to be made … Continue reading →

We have agreed to make a major investment in renovating an old house as living accommodation for a number of ex-street children. The house is currently in a very dilapidated condition and we need to raise another £8,000 to fix … Continue reading →

Yet again, this Christmas time the children have made and baked 10,000 panettone and we hear that they are selling like hot cakes! The children are on track to make a considerable profit – remembering that every penny raised helps … Continue reading →

Our local church recently held a very successful wine tasting and wine auction and gave half of the proceeds to help with the support of our street children – for which we are very grateful!