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The feeling you get as you arrive at the Manuelito Children’s Home in Honduras is overwhelming. You will be greeted by shrieks of joy and lots of hugs from children not used to affection but have learned how to enjoy being children again. The majority of children at the Manuelito home have come from the streets and a few have come through the courts where they have been removed from abusive situations.
We can’t describe the trauma the children have been through on the streets but it takes a lifetime for them to work through those experiences and the best we can do is holds their hand and help them realise we won’t let them down.
His Christian faith has helped him see how his experience on the streets from a young age can be used to help others. Brayan lives in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, and helps run a refuge for street kids.
There are so many more children like those above who need full-time support, care, education, clothes, food and love.
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Once in the home the children begin to acclimatise themselves to a more productive lifestyle. The children begin school and most have to get specialised help and support as they might not have any educational background. Some children need to shown how to use a toilet, how to shower and in some cases how to sleep in a bed! 
One of the boys who has now graduated from the home and from college is 
These three girls (pictured with Jorge Pinto - Director - and his wife Marta) have recently graduated from the children’s home and have qualified as teachers. We remember them coming off the streets when they were just 5 and 6 years of age. It has not been an easy ride for them but Maribel, Rita and Maricela are fine examples of how possible change can be if someone reaches out and seeks to make a difference.
