A LAST PUSH * June 2025

A LAST PUSH * June 2025

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 and negative. The culmination of 10 months of marshalling resources,...
ADDING COLOUR? * May 2025

ADDING COLOUR? * May 2025

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 blackout, survival kits, justifications of racism, religious fanaticism…...
EMOTIONAL REUNIONS * April 2025

EMOTIONAL REUNIONS * April 2025

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 “Resi”, remembering the not-too-distant past brings joy to our present...
DANGEROUS SLOPES * March 2025

DANGEROUS SLOPES * March 2025

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 losing control of her baby’s pram. In the other one we appear to have the same...
A HISTORIC DAY! * February 2025

A HISTORIC DAY! * February 2025

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 centre of Sant Just Desvern. This is where, God permitting, our new Home,...