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steps in to support children who are facing desperate situations. Most will have had no choice but to escape to the streets for reasons such as extreme poverty, serious illness or death of a parent and family breakdown. Ìý
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We work with local partner organisations in sub-Saharan Africa to support children living and working on the street. ÌýThese children are denied access to education, excluded from healthcare systems and subjected to multiple forms of violence and abuse. We give them opportunities, encouragement and the hope that life can be different. Ìý

Day and night, we send trained social workers to the streets to meet children where they are and offer practical advice. They are the safe adult these children need and the first step to a more stable, healthy future. ÌýWe also work with ‘at risk’ families before their children leave home to help stop street child migration.

Visiting one of our drop-in centres or temporary residential centres can offer a different path for street children.Ìý Drop-in centres provide a safe haven and a routine; a place for children to bathe, wash their clothes, sleep and eat a nutritious meal.Ìý A place to just be kids without fear of abuse or ridicule.ÌýÌý

The children we meet on the street don’t have the time or money to go to school or acquire the skills they need to find safe and well paid work. ÌýWe work to deliver education on the streets, through drop-in centres, in crèches, by supporting children through school and vocational training, such as carpentry, tailoring and hairdressing.Ìý