SCHOOL BAGS AND UMBRELLAS * September 2025

SCHOOL BAGS AND UMBRELLAS * September 2025

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 tell us about their summer adventures. Most of it believable. All of it...
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...