Album of memories

Leaving money in your will to a charitable cause is a simple and powerful way of turning your sincere affection into real opportunities for the future. Including a legacy to a charity providing...

We are pleased to present you the new logo for our Children’s Home, the RIE. For several decades we have enjoyed using the delightful figure of a house with children inside. Back then, our Board...

As we reach the mid-point in the school year, we would like to express our sincere thanks to our volunteers and helpers. One of our care team’s tasks is to find and coordinate volunteers to help...

The Spanish saying “año nuevo, vida nueva”, literally “new year, new life” challenges us to renew and improve things as we start a new twelve-month cycle. 2026 will bring both good and bad...

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2025! We wish you a very heartwarming Christmas and a New Year 2026 full of joy and prosperity!         ________________ PRINT this PDF from here OTHER...

The last month of the year! December is similar to September. It feels like we have only half the month to get things done. Just half a month of school. And only half a month of vacation… A new...

We remember well our not-too-distant PAST. What were our RIE Children’s Home calendars like, in years gone by? They had practical cookery tips for healthy meals. They actually had some very...

Just as in the Graham Greene novel with this title, we live in an unjust world where “the human factor” counts for very little. Are people important for us? Wars, the sale of arms, human shields,...

Back to school. After a long vacation, here you see some of our children in their second day back at school. After over two months we notice that they’ve grown a little. And they have a lot to...

HOLYDAYS - Summer 2025 OTHER...

The 2024-2025 school year has entered the home straight. The finishing line will be crossed this month on 20th of June. Even before we get there we will start to see a few results, both positive...

Children in other times had other difficulties, depending on their historical context. Today’s children grow up with very tough problems: a global pandemic, threats of war, a country-wide...

Yes. Okay. We need to live in the present – neither get stuck in the past nor be hypnotised by the future. But the truth is that every time we have a reunion with former children of our Home, the...

In two roads in our town, Badó and Bonavista streets, there are a couple of amusing and artful wall paintings. Taking advantage of the fact that both streets go downhill, one shows a mother...

This 23rd January 2025 will go down as an important date in the history of our Emmanuel Children’s Home. At just after 12 noon we signed off on the purchase of the plot of land located in the...