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War Child - Shams Street Children - Khartoum
Outreach programs for street children in Khartoum, who call themselves "Shamassa" - Children of the Sun.
http://www.warchild.org/projects/shams.htm...
Catholic Action for Street Children
Working with street children in Accra, Ghana, West Africa.
http://www.btinternet.com/~cas/
Kenya - Ragazzi di strada
Gallery of Photos by Giulio Napolitano, Graffiti Press, of street children in Meru.
http://www.graffitipress.it/GP_RepKenRa.ht...
Adoption Now!
Sponsoring the education of street children and orphans in Uganda.
http://www.adoptionnow.co.uk/
Lubuto Library Project
The Lubuto Library Project provides "street-kid" libraries housed in adapted shipping containers and literacy programs to AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) in southern Africa.
http://www.lubuto.org
Chosen Children International
Organization that offers services to street children in Kenya.
http://www.ccikids.org/
Kivuli - The House of Street Children
Drop-in center for street children in Nairobi.
http://www.peacelink.it/koinonia_eng.html
Kids Helping Kids
Provide residential homes for abused and abandoned street children in South Africa.
http://www.kidshaven.org.za/
Survival at the Periphery of Underdevelopment: Street Children in Nairobi, Kenya
Extensive research paper.
http://www.ohiou.edu/afrchild/PAPERS/inaug...
Reuters AlertNet - The street children of Kinshasa
Photograph gallery.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/photogalle...
Adolescence: Psychological characteristics of South African street children.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2248/132...
Children In Need Network (CHIN)
A network of NGOs, Community-Based Organisations and Government departments working with Children in need in Zambia.
http://www.chin.org.zm/
Streets Ahead
Streets Ahead works with underprivileged children and youths living on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe by operating a drop-in centre, foster care home and outreach service in the capital.
http://www.streetsahead.org.zw/
Made In The Streets
Provides a drop-in center, a residence, training programs and an outreach program to the street children of Nairobi.
http://www.made-in-the-streets.org/
StreetChildRescue Ghana
Residential care and educational programs for street children in Hohoe region of Ghana.
http://www.streetchildrescueghana.org/
OPDE
Works with street children in Burundi, Congo and Rwanda.
http://www.opde.org/
Madagascar's undaunted street children.
Photo-story on street children in Antananarivo.
http://www.unesco.org/courier/1999_06/uk/d...
Every Child Ministries
Christian mission specializing in Christian ministries to African children, orphans, street children, slave children, homeless and other needy children in poverty.
http://www.ecmafrica.org/
Nowhere to Turn: State Abuses of Unaccompanied Migrant Children by Spain and Morocco
This report documents widespread abuse of Moroccan children who travel alone to the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, located on the North African coast.
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/spain-moro...
Ukweli Home of Hope Project
A boys home in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya called Westlands. Also provides services to children in the streets of Nairobi.
http://www.ukweli.net/
BBC News | AFRICA | Kinshasa's forgotten children
The killing of a 15-year-old boy, which sparked riots in Kinshasa, highlights the plight of some 15,000 street children in the DR Congo's capital.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/14...
Street Children in Zimbabwe - Part 2
The second part of the article based on a workshop by Professor Michael Bourdillon of the University of Zimbabwe.
http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-01...
Friends of Africa
Bringing Help to the Helpless, Volunteer Agency based in Northern Ireland and Zambia. Fundraise and operate outreach and residential programs in Ndola.
http://www.friendsofafrica.org/
Waddington Centre
A streetkids project in Lusaka of Zambia.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/...
Street Children in Zimbabwe
Article based on a workshop by Professor Michael Bourdillon of the University of Zimbabwe.
http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-12...
Enfants de Dieu
Residential Centre for Street Children, Kigali, Rwanda. Background and photos.
http://www.enfantsdedieu.org/
Children high on sewage (BBC World)
Street children in Zambia have found a new way to forget their misery - by sniffing methane gas from bottles of sewage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/40...
United Action For Children
Mission statement: To develop a caring society for children and to provide help before it is too late. Cameroon.
http://www.unitedactionforchildren.org/
Maryknoll Africa - Specialized Ministries: Loren Beaudry
Grandsons of Abraham - A Rescue Program for Street Children in Mombasa. Provides a residence and other services. Outreach work. Photos.
http://www.maryknollafrica.org/SpeBeaudry....
The Homestead
South African organization that helps street children rebuild their shattered lives.
http://www.homestead.org.za/
Streetkids Unlimited
Blog about a charitable streetkids project located in Ndola of Zambia.
http://streetkids.dk/
Observer Newspaper - Viewpoint - Plight of streetchildren important issue in Africa
Background on Street children in Kenya.
http://www.nd.edu/~observer/04102001/Viewp...
Streetkids
Gallery by Michael Jensen, Denmark.
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mich-jen/streetk...
A World of Violence - Battles of Nairobi's Street Children
Background on violence amongst street children.
http://www.europrofem.org/02.info/22contri...
Undugu Society of Kenya
Extensive community development and street children programs in Nairobi.
http://www.undugukenya.org/
Almudo.com
Detailed information on the West African street children called Almudos and extensive links to WWW sites dealing with street children around the world.
http://www.almudo.com/
Twatotela
Josee's photo page with snaps of Zambian street children.
http://www.geocities.com/twatotela/
Zimbabwe-Children: Those the Anti-AIDS Campaigners Forget
Street children in Harare.
http://www.aegis.com/news/ips/1996/IP96060...
Rwanda: Surviving on the Streets
Article and photos of Rwandan street children.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/afric...
Shangilia
Provides a residence, training and outreach work with the street children in Nairobi.
http://www.karibuni.org.uk/shangilia.htm
Amani Children's Home
Amani is a small non-governmental, not-for-profit residential home for orphans and street-children, offering nourishment, a safe and caring home and educational opportunities. Outreach/reunification programs.
http://www.amanikids.org
Juvenile Injustice: Police abuse and detention of street children in Kenya
Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Report.
http://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/kenya/
TunaHAKI
The TunaHAKI Centre is a residential youth arts and education programme, caring for disadvantaged street-children and orphans living in Moshi, near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
http://www.tunahaki.com/
Mkombozi
Centre for street children based in Moshi, Tanzania.
http://www.dreamweaver.co.uk/mkombozi/
BBC NEWS | Africa | Child glue sniffing rises in Morocco
A non-governmental organisation in Morocco says substance abuse among children is at alarming levels.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4113441....
Streets versus Elites: Tensions, Trade-offs, and Treaties with Street Children in Accra, Ghana
Incisive discussion of terms, concepts and roles relating to street children.
http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/13_1/...
First Step Childrens Fund
Organization working to improve the living conditions for street children in Sierra Leone. We are presently running an home for street children in the village of Hastings.
http://www.first-step.org
Orphans in Africa Project
A Christian based orphanage for Zimbabwean Aids orphans and streetkids. Please sponsor a child online and help reduce the effect of Aids in Africa.
http://www.orphansinafrica.org
Street Children in Gaborone, Botswana
Causes and policy implications. Research paper.
http://www.uaps.org/Rapports/street.htm
Life Tough on the Street
Interviews with street children in Tangiers, Morocco
http://www.rnw.nl/humanrights/html/stories...
Tereo Project for Children at risk
Christian organisation with a mission to provide schooling and care for street children and children at risk in Southern Africa, particularly children that are victims of poverty, crime and AIDS.
http://www.tereo.org
African Street Children
Salon.com article about experiences with street kids in Kenya one summer, plus the possible history of why it has become such a problem today.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/africa...
Othandweni
Provide basic care, court support, health care, training and recreation to the street children of Hillbrow.
http://www.icon.co.za/~othandweni/
Youth Development Centre
Provides opportunities for volunteers to work with disadvantaged and at-risk youth. Information for volunteers, and about activities. Based in Durban, S Africa.
http://www.youthkzn.co.za/
BBC News | AFRICA | SA youths tell of street life
Two young South Africans describe how they survived violence and drugs as street children and how they ended up on the wrong side of the law.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/19...
Rwanda: Swept Away: Street Children Illegally Detained in Kigali, Rwanda
http://hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/rwanda0...
The Leonenet Street Children Project
Operate feeding and sponsorship programs for street children in Freetown.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/619...
Street Child Africa
Support group for African NGOs and charities working with street children in Africa.
http://www.streetchildafrica.org.uk/
Umthombo Street Children - the Voice from the Streets
Umthombo is a voice from the streets led by a team of former street children whose aim is to change the way that society perceives and treats street children.
http://www.umthombo.org/
African Enterprise USA
Provides vocational training for street children in Accra, Ghana.
http://www.africanenterprise.org/
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