What do you get when you cross...

• 11 communities across Honduras
• 10 Peace Clubs
• 700 children
• 1 leading university psychology department
• lots of pizza and a whole lot of paint, paper and music?

Heart changing impact and with some big colourful paintings!

Pick up your brush and let's join a class before we dive into the finer details of how your gift is colouring the worlds of 700 Honduran children.

Violence, gang wars, trafficking and extreme inequality — this is not a child-friendly picture! Yet, millions of children around the world see and live in this picture every day.

In Honduras, the Childhood Rescue team are passionate, not only about improving the lives of children physically but also psychologically.

This year the team wanted to scale up. To help children and communities, psychologically, they knew they needed a partner. A partner experienced in child trauma and well-being, someone at the forefront of child psychology and research.

It just so happened that the National Autonomous University of Honduras in Valle de Sula was kind of, just down the road. Thankfully, they answered when we called :)

NAU has one of the leading psychology departments in Honduras and together the team have developed a programme that is seeing promising results. Working with us enables the psychologists access to communities they normally could not venture to, helping children gain valuable tools for life.

And so... the new art therapy programme has begun and we are sooooo happy about it!

Quick Mental Health Tips for Children

One of our leading child psychologists Francis, has some quick tips and they're not just for Honduran children :)

1. Communication — sharing quality time with your children. It doesn’t have to be a whole day, but take a few minutes to communicate with them in their way.

2. Play — Children communicate through play and activity. Remember you also were a child once :)

3. Do not visualize them as adults — Remember that they are kids and they have to enjoy their age. Their childhood.

4. Love has to be present at home — Love is of the most importance. Unity and agreement are key for them.

Your gift travels to really hard to reach places, it helps our teams across the world do incredible things that makes lasting impact in the lives of thousands of children.

Our Honduras team are amazing, never settling and always pushing to better children's lives!

They're forward thinking and innovative and always open partnering with institutions and organisations that will maximise the impact of your gift. Ensuring the children get every possible opportunity to survive, recover and build a future.