Ninth year
In 2014, we:
- Provided funding for essential maintenance and major refurbishment of the boys’ welcome house
- Financed the salaries of houseparents and production projects’ staff (carpenter, baker, head of livestock)
- Supported more older children through vocational training
- Involved more children in our English teaching programme
- Ensured continued effective use of our “internal-consumption projects” of the chicken farm and bakery
- Consolidated and grew our “income-generating production projects” including the quail farm, carpentry workshop and textile unit
- Raised awareness of the plight of the street children in the UK and elsewhere by speaking to a large number of groups and attending a variety of high-level meetings
- Organised a number of events, including a couple of fundraising concerts, many talks and a presentation at the Latin America Charities Forum.
