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Thanks to YOU!
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
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First aid teaching at Alalay
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
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14 years of FoA?! (2019 projects update)
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
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FoA website updates
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
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Recent events: “Party in the Garden” and a street party
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
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Happy New Year! And no alcohol for a whole month?!
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
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Merry Christmas from all the Alalay kids!
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
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One of next year’s big ventures
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
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Panettone
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
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Wine tasting
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!
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