http://www.homelesschild.ie Building a Brighter Future for Homeless Street Children in Brazil Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:40:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week we had the pleasure to receive Andy Mitchell, physiotherapist for Burnley FC 2004-2010 at Project Reaching Lives in São Gonçalo. Andy has been collecting donations from the players throughout the 2009/2010 season and came to Rio de Janeiro to see where the money was to be used. Andy ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/05/20/a-big-thank-you-to-burnley-fc/ This week, Project Reaching Lives in São Gonçalo received a team from the Irish Navy ship L.E. Niamh, as well a physiotherapist Andy Mitchell visiting from the UK, who helped finish the roof of the new building in the sweltering heat. On Tuesday the Irish Navy held a reception for twenty ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/05/19/all-aboard-the-irish-navy-has-arrived/ We are delighted to say that we are now officially registered as a charity in the United Kingdom. Homeless Child was registered in Ireland in 2001 and in Brazil in 2006 as Associação Criança sem Lar. Homeless Child UK is now registered with the Charity Commission in the United Kingdom, ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/04/28/homeless-child-uk-officially-registered/ The Ministry of Education has just approved plans for the building of a creche as part of our state of the art project for at-risk children in Rio de Janeiro. The project is dedicated to improving the lives of those driven to the streets due to dysfunctional families, poverty and ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/02/22/creche-for-new-state-of-the-art-centre/ The Republic of Ireland face Brazil on the 2nd of March at the Emirates Stadium in London for the Brazilian players' last chance to stake their claim for a place in the world cup squad in South Africa. We are very happy to announce that we have been chosen as ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/02/11/official-charity-of-ireland-v-brazil-march-2nd/ We are very pleased to announce that 23 of the children at the Creche Comunitária in Maré have now finished at the creche and moved on to start school so we have 23 new children starting creche this year. In the meantime, the process for the new three storey building ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/02/02/new-arrivals-for-the-creche-comunitaria/ The Reaching Lives project in São Gonçalo is nearing completion after some major renovations. We have finally completed the structure of the new building, and need to complete the installations on the land to get the creche open for the children. The focus has always been on providing a safe building ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/01/04/reaching-lives-is-having-its-finishing-touches/ Since October the summer floods have badly affected our partner project Criança do Brasil in Vila Alzira in Duque da Caxias. The community has been developed for years on marshland and so when the heavy rains arrive, they inevitably destroy the community. The government are in the process of dredging ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2010/01/01/flooding-affects/ Homeless Child has been finalising an agreement by the city council in Rio de Janeiro to go ahead with a village of childrens homes and community centre in Guaratiba, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro. The project is part of a joint partnership with the Ministry of Social ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2009/11/09/land-finalised-for-village-of-childrens-homes/ Urgent work will begin on finding a name for our new state of the art project being designed in Guaratiba, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro. The Mulryan Family Foundation Centre is a mouthful in english let alone in portuguese, so the task will be handed to the local community to come up with ... http://www.homelesschild.ie/2009/10/14/finding-a-name-for-our-new-project/