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As a change, this week we thought it would be interesting to introduce you to one of the key staff members at Alalay in Santa Cruz: house mother Maria. The houseparents do a truly fantastic job being the people working … Continue reading →

Everyone is warmly invited to an “all age” party in the garden of St Matthew’s Church, Clare Road, Kingsdown on Saturday 8th June from 1pm to 5pm. It will be an afternoon of fun with food and drink, music, games, … Continue reading →

Want to find out the most up-to-date Alalay news without moving from your computer..? You can now download our most recent newsletters directly from the website. Either click on the “newsletters” tab at the top of each page, or simply … Continue reading →

We had a brilliant day at Redland May Fair on Bank Holiday Monday – the weather was perfect and we were able to talk to lots of interesting people about the street children and Alalay’s work: handing out lots of … Continue reading →

Last week I attended a fantastic and quite unique event: Celebrating “Latin America in Bristol”, organised by Dr. Rupert Medd and others (from the University of Bristol’s “Dept of Hispanic, Portuguese & Latin American Studies”). It was a great opportunity … Continue reading →

I have just been sent a recently filmed mini documentary (put together by a group of Bolivian media students) about Alalay in Santa Cruz. It also shows many of the projects supported by Friends of Alalay (quail and chicken farms, … Continue reading →

Please do come along to Redland May Fair on Monday 6th May (1pm onwards) and support Friends of Alalay. We will have a stall selling lots of as-new items and other goodies, as well as information about Alalay and current … Continue reading →

On the 27th April, Jonathan Goldsmith set off from Lands End to travel the 940 miles to John o’Groats by bike, aiming to do the trip in just 6 days (!) to raise money for Friends of Alalay. Unfortunately, we … Continue reading →

There was a great number of people at the recent charity rugby match held on Easter Saturday to celebrate Thornbury Rugby Club’s 50th anniversary. As well as the rugby (Thornbury FC won!) there was a delicious hog roast, drinks, cakes, … Continue reading →

I have recently been updating the website and hope that it will now be even easier to navigate. Amongst many other things, here are a few “quick links” to some interesting parts: Our supported projects of 2013 thus far Events … Continue reading →