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the Men Katarzyna Heath, The New
Vision, This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 2 August 2011] The day of the
street children starts early, as early as 4:00am. They wake and walk the
three to four 4km from the village to Jinja town.
The children are divided into groups, each entrusted with a task for the
day. This can be anything from rooting
through the garbage skips, visiting the abattoir for meat left overs,
collecting firewood and charcoal or scrap metal to sell. They are also
expected to return with money, leading to their daily street begging that we
are all witness to. However, we are not
witness to the beating they receive when return home empty-handed because no
kind uncle has flicked them a grubby coin or two. At around 8:00pm the children return home
and hand in their day's earnings and gatherings. They will get a small meal
if they are lucky and then go to bed, ready to start the whole onslaught the
next day. Some children do
not even have a family to return to; classed as 'fulltime' they are runaways
and occupy the streets twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Hard Life for Catherine Lyst,
BBC Scotland news website, 31 May 2007 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6707219.stm [accessed 2 August 2011] A missionary with
the African Inland Mission, she has most recently been working with Dwelling
Places, which helps street children, abandoned babies and high risk slum
families. Many of them have HIV or have lost parents to Aids. "Many suffer
from depravity, disease, hunger and abuse. We see newborns to teenagers and
families headed by children." Marsali
has witnessed five-year-olds living alone on the street and has even seen
teenage girls who have spent their whole life on the streets having their own
babies while homeless. She has also come across numerous abandoned
babies. They have been found on the street, in dustbins, tied up in plastic
bags and found in pit latrines and swamps. ***
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supplementary source of information for researchers, especially for those who
may not have experienced the reality of street children. UNICEF
– www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uganda.html [accessed 3 August 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/uganda.htm [accessed 2 January 2011] [4074] A 1999 study
estimated that 5,000 children beg, wash cars, scavenge, work in the
commercial sex industry, and sell small items on the streets of Kampala. Human Rights Reports
» 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61598.htm [accessed 2 January 2011] CHILDREN
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Approximately 35 thousand children, known as "night commuters",
traveled from conflict areas or IDP camps each night to urban centers to
avoid abduction by the LRA. In September the UN estimated that nearly 9
thousand children commuted nightly into Gulu town
and 10,847 commuted in Kitgum. During the year the
government cooperated with NGOs to establish shelters for such children in
tented dormitories and other semi-permanent structures; in other cases
children slept under balconies or on the grounds of schools, churches, and
hospitals. Conditions ranged from harsh to adequate. There were credible
reports that many displaced girls became involved in prostitution. SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [d] In urban areas children sold small items on the streets, were involved
in the commercial sex industry, worked in shops, or begged for money. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
30 September 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/uganda2005.html [accessed 9 March 2011] [71] The Committee
is deeply concerned at the increasing number of street children, especially
in Number of children born on UGPulse News, Sept. 27,
2010 www.ugpulse.com/articles/daily/news.asp?about=Number+of+children+born+on+Kampala+streets+on+increase+&ID=15840 [accessed 3 August 2011] The number of
children born on The Managing
Director of Dwelling places Rita Nkemba says many
young girls ran away from their parents and come to beg on the streets of Street children a challenge to city
authorities UGPulse News, May 4, 2010 [accessed 3 August 2011] The increasing
number of street children in the city center is becoming unmanageable for
Kampala City Council. The Deputy
Speaker of Kampala Central Division, Nabisere Asia
Rizzo says the number of street children on Child Restoration Outreach Gives Samuel Wamuttu, UGPulse, February 21, 2009 [accessed 3 August 2011] Opolot's father death meant
his poor mother could hardly look after their five children. There was no
food and the family of six were often ridden with sickness as their only
shelter was a tiny grass thatched hut on the verge of collapsing. At that point I
went to the streets with the hope that things would be much better than at
home," says Opolot, now 26. It was1992 and he
was just 10 years old. "I was wrong. Life instead proved much more
dangerous than I had thought." Wounded and
fearless despite his small frame, his body dotted with all sorts of rashes,
tattered clothes, Opolot roamed the streets
ransacking heaps of garbage in search of a hard to find daily meal. At night,
he and his fellow street children would retire to boxes they used as
beddings, to coil themselves along shop verandahs. It was at such times that
the police would pounce on them in the wee hours of the night during their
routine operations, making the street children to scamper in all directions. "We were often
awakened by mean loud voices. They hit us with sticks sending us in disarray.
Some of my friends would sustain serious injuries from the caning. Eddie Ssejjoba,
The New Vision, 13th January, 2009 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/667984 [accessed 3 August 2011] Over 100 Karimojong street children were on Monday night
rounded-up by the Police in “These children
have been giving a bad image to the country because they at times snatch
items like phones, bags and money from cars and taxis, especially in traffic
jams,” he said. Tanui
expressed concern that the number of street children was increasing in the
city. “When we would pick the young
ones, their guardians would dash out of their hideout to protect them,” he
said. Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba said the operation would continue until the
city is rid of street children. It is time we focused on street children David Muwonge,
The New Vision, 14th September, 2008 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/649570 [accessed 3 August 2011] The Government
seemed to have found a solution for street children during CHOGM but this was
short-lived. Research by the US Bureau for Labour Affairs indicates that
about 5,000 children in The majority of
these homeless children are from Karamoja. The main
causes of children’s problems today are armed conflict, diseases, lack of
education, abusive parents or guardians, inadequate services and entrenched poverty.
Commercial
buildings have more destitutes on the verandas than
night watchmen. The young boys and girls break loose from hiding at 7:00pm to
assemble on Bombo, Wilson and In addition, tall,
dark complexioned women with African bangles and anklets loiter the streets.
They stretch their hands out to ask for a penny and younger girls aged 3-17
years lead in the quest for handouts. They run up and about the streets
seeking for attention from the pedestrians and drivers while crying out
“uncle, auntie,” whom they believe will provide for the day’s meal. Fred Ouma, The
New Vision, allafrica.com/stories/200809100164.html [partially accessed 3 August 2011 - access
restricted] An estimated half
of However, many of
these extended familial caregivers are overburdened and there are growing
numbers of child-headed households and an increase in child labour, street
children, abandoned children and school dropouts. Kabale district gets Land
Bill deal Darious Magara, The New
Vision, 15th August, 2008 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/644713 [accessed 3 August 2011] She blamed some
parents for the misbehaviour among youths. She
lamented that most youth are poorly brought up, leading some to indulge in drug
abuse and other anti-social behaviour. Bbumba said some
of these cases were responsible for fires in schools. She advised parents to
live exemplary lives to raise responsible children. The Kabale
Resident District Commissioner, Cox Nyakairu, said
child offenders and street children
were not only posing a security threat but are a big social problem to the
district. The Chief Administrative
Officer, Joseph Mukasa appealed to the ministry to
establish mitigating measures and programmes that
prevent children from committing crimes. Sh250m for street kids project The New Vision, 25th July, 2008 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/641159 [accessed 3 August 2011] The Government has
provided sh250m for the removal of about 2,000 children from the streets of Martyn Drakard,
The Observer ( allafrica.com/stories/200807171069.html [accessed 3 August 2011] Lira's street kids
are mainly but not exclusively boys, as happens everywhere. Girls are at
particular risk, and invariably end up as prostitutes. Perhaps surprisingly,
most are not orphans, but have run away from a dysfunctional household in the
village, or have come to town in search of food. They live under tarpaulin or
in bushes or any warm hiding-place they can find; they are not fussy about
where they sleep. They are not hooked onto glue, as their Kenyan counterparts
are, and which is deadly, but use bhang (marijuana), which reaches them from They fight each
other. They go on patrol at night, and it's wise to keep away from parts of
the centre of the town. Their ages range from nine to 16, but most are around
10 to 12. They are not
necessarily dangerous. They are insecure, but generally respond to genuine
interest and kindness. They need someone to listen to them and, most of all,
they need the affection they don't find at home, and which they look for in
the gang. Better to give them food than money, with which they can buy bhang.
Obviously they don't attend school. Police round up street children Chris Ocowun, The
New Vision, 10th July, 2008 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/16/638459 [accessed 3 August 2011] Former night
commuters, who had become street children in Gulu
town, are being rounded-up by the Police.
They were reunited with their parents by the probation and welfare
department, Save the Children in “We found them near
Night commuters are
children who go and sleep at shelters in the towns of northern 10 Million Orphans Tom Masland &
Rod Nordland, Newsweek Magazine, Jan 16, 2000 www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2000/01/16/10-million-orphans.html [accessed 3 August 2011] Bernadette Nakayima, 70, lives in Address domestic violence to check street
children Robert Kashaija,
The New Vision, 5th June, 2008 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/631943 [accessed 3 August 2011] James Abola, The
Monitor, 18 May 2008 allafrica.com/stories/200805190632.html [partially accessed 3 August 2011 - access
restricted] Having lived and
worked in The pull factors
for leaving home and going to live on the streets include the excitement and
glamour of living in a city; hope of raising living standard; financial
wellbeing. The social worker told me
that it is particularly difficult to convince families to get off the street
because the amount of money that street people make from begging is usually a
lot higher than what they can make from entry level vocations. Children warn profiteers from war Bill Oketch, The
New Vision, 30th March, 2008 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/16/619451 [accessed 3 August 2011] “If Joseph Kony, the leader of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army
(LRA) denounces rebellion, we shall all abandon the street, go back home and
start living normal lives” Stolen childhood Eve Mashoo, The
East African, 25 February 2008 This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] About one in four
Ugandan households have two or more orphans. The responsibility of raising
these children is not easy and even providing them with basic necessities
does not come that cheap. With the development of anti-retroviral drugs
(ARVs) people living with HIV have managed to stay healthy longer, but not
everyone can afford the life-prolonging drugs. According to some estimates,
less than half of the 300,000 Ugandans in need of ARVs have regular access to
them. Without a source of income, children are particularly vulnerable. Many of these children have turned up in
the streets of But those without
assistance of any kind are a disturbing majority. Isabirye Hassan,
a councillor in Kampala City Council, says the
capital’s streets have been taken over by street children who engage in
crimes like pickpocketing and prostitution.
Once in a while the city council rounds up street children and takes
them to Kampiringisa rehabilitation centre where they receive training and counselling.
However, with a high unemployment rate in the country, many of them return to
the streets soon after they are discharged. Patrick Jaramogi,
The New Vision, allafrica.com/stories/200801240017.html [partially accessed 3 August 2011 - access
restricted] The influx of
Kenyan refugees following the election violence has fuelled sex trade among
under age girls in the district. The
Ugandan girls aged between 11-18 years are a big attraction to many. "They
charge as low sh500 for sex per hour," said a resident. The looming sex
trade coupled with the influx of street children has prompted the Government
and Busia district leaders to seek solutions to
avert what they described as "a looming crisis". Busia district
probation officer, Julius Ogalo said there are at
least 400 street children in the municipality alone."Most
of these street children are Karimojongs who come
to engage in petty business and smuggling along the border," he said. – sccp A Canadian 'mother' for six Ugandan kids The www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=65369b70-007c-4cdc-bd7c-7668955bdfb6 [accessed 3 August 2011] She learned the six
unrelated children had been living on the street, begging as a group for six
months. Only one of them had a living parent, a mother whom Travers later
helped locate, while the rest of them were alone. And she learned that the
children didn't want to be separated, something they faced if they went to
one of the shelters in the area. Grim Future for War Orphans Caroline Ayugi -
International Justice - International Criminal Court ICC, iwpr.net/report-news/grim-future-war-orphans [accessed 2 August 2011] Orphans still
living in refugee camps, where they often struggle to get by, are worried
about what will happen to them when they eventually have to leave. Scovia Akello, 16, sitting in front of her dingy hut at Koch Goma refugee camp in Amuru,
said she was concerned about what she could feed her hungry brothers and
sisters. "There is no
food and I don't have money. I don't know what we shall eat today. I have
four other sisters, and seeing them hungry [plays on] my nerves even
more." Akello
does not know where she and her sisters will go once the refugee camp where
she lives finally closes. She knows little about her home village or her
relatives. "My mother once said
our village is in Olwiyo, but I don't know where
the village is. I don't even know anyone there, not even where our home was
once located,” said Akello. – sccp John A. Emojong, Tororo, The Monitor ( This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] One of the recent
projects undertaken by the organisation was the
rehabilitation and return of street children to school under a programme managed by Smile Africa Ministries, a Tororo based Christian Organisation. The Executive Director, Smile Africa
Ministries, Pastor Ruth Kawa said at least 293
children had been picked from the streets and rehabilitated before being sent
back to school. Katarzyna Heath, The New
Vision, This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 2 August 2011] The day of the
street children starts early, as early as 4:00am. They wake and walk the
three to four 4km from the village to Jinja town.
The children are divided into groups, each entrusted with a task for the
day. This can be anything from rooting
through the garbage skips, visiting the abattoir for meat left overs,
collecting firewood and charcoal or scrap metal to sell. They are also
expected to return with money, leading to their daily street begging that we
are all witness to. However, we are not
witness to the beating they receive when return home empty-handed because no
kind uncle has flicked them a grubby coin or two. At around 8:00pm the children return home
and hand in their day's earnings and gatherings. They will get a small meal
if they are lucky and then go to bed, ready to start the whole onslaught the
next day. Some children do
not even have a family to return to; classed as 'fulltime' they are runaways
and occupy the streets twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Let us reach out to the suffering street
kids Jennipher Taber, The New
Vision, 16th August, 2007 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/581722 [accessed 3 August 2011] Hauling water,
firewood, eating from garbage bins on the streets and sniffing glue, such is
the life of a street child in Andrew Nkurunziza,
The Monitor ( This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] Over the years the
number of beggars and street children on The beggars and
street children are common on Others are mothers
who strategically place their children to beg as they monitor from a far. The
other group is of young boys and girls aged 10-15. These are lone rangers
commonly referred to as street children and to compliment begging, they
engage in petty theft. Who is Luring Karimojong
Children Back to Streets? Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa
& Robert Mwanje, This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] The number of
street children in The government and
KCC recently launched a campaign to take street children and beggars off the
streets in preparation for the Chogm in But what lures the
children back to the streets? People who act as
Good Samaritans and donate money and food to the children have apparently
frustrated efforts to relocate them. Last year, KCC
promised to pass a by-law criminalalising the
giving of money or other items to street children but the law is yet to come. Jinja urges govt over street children Charles Kakamwa,
The New Vision, 17th June, 2007 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/17/571041 [accessed 3 August 2011] Muzusa was responding to
complaints raised by the business community about the street children. “They consume alcoholic substances, move
with sharp objects such as knives and threaten us but the Police and leaders
in the town are doing nothing about this problem,” said Francis Katumba, the Napier Market traders’ chairperson. Muzusa however
blamed the business community saying some encourage children to remain on the
streets by employing them. Children's Activities Child Restoration Outreach (CRO) At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP - CRO believes
that through formal education, street children will be able to live an
independent life, support their families and also contribute to the
development of their communities. CRO
supports children in school by paying school fees and uniforms. Parents/ Guardians
are encouraged to provide books, pens and pencils. VOCATIONAL SKILLS - The older street
children who are not able to join formal schools are attached to local
artisans to train on the job in skills of their choice for a period of one
year. CRO pays the trainer's fees and
training material. Regular monitoring of the training is done to ensure
children attend the trainings. At the end of the training, the trainees are
supported with starter-up tools to enable them become productive and
independent. Hard Life for Catherine Lyst,
BBC Scotland news website, 31 May 2007 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6707219.stm [accessed 2 August 2011] A missionary with
the African Inland Mission, she has most recently been working with Dwelling
Places, which helps street children, abandoned babies and high risk slum
families. Many of them have HIV or
have lost parents to Aids. "Many suffer
from depravity, disease, hunger and abuse. We see newborns to teenagers and
families headed by children." Marsali has witnessed five-year-olds living alone on the
street and has even seen teenage girls who have spent their whole life on the
streets having their own babies while homeless. She has also come across numerous abandoned
babies. They have been found on the street, in dustbins, tied up in plastic
bags and found in pit latrines and swamps. News in brief... The New Vision, 30th April, 2007 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/219/562659 [accessed 3 August 2011] [scroll down] FORMER STREET KIDS
GRADUATE
- Over 150 former street children graduated on Friday after being
rehabilitated and trained in vocational skills by Friends of Children
Association, a charity. “As a way of empowering these youths economically and
making them self reliant, we trained them in motorcycle mechanics, motor mechanics,
hairdressing, tailoring, carpentry, and welding for a period of one year,”
said Namara Sabakaki, the
charity’s programme manager, at the mayor’s
gardens. The children were mainly picked from the slums of Katwe, Kisenyi, Kasubi in Sh2.16b sought for child protection Chris Ocowun, The
New Vision, 22nd April, 2007 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/16/561164 [accessed 3 August 2011] The district child
protection coordinator, Joseph Kilama, urged
charities to address the problem of street children. “We never had street kids before but today,
they are over 60. Some of them have guns, while others have cocaine.” Bringing a rare smile to sick, homeless
kids Mary Anne Ross, The Sentinel, Spotswood,
March 15, 2007 eb.gmnews.com/news/2007-03-15/Front_Page/103.html [accessed 3 August 2011] The group traveled
around the country, visiting orphanages, setting up one-day medical clinics
and working with the children who fend for themselves in the slums of the
capital city, The first orphanage
they visited was the Sanyus baby home. "The babies brought there were found
on the road, or in latrine pits or outside the hospital," Pokrywa said. Conditions were not what one would expect
in the "There were
about 50 babies and toddlers. The floors were filthy. None of the children
had shoes and most did not have diapers," she said. The 12 volunteers
spent the day taking care of the children - holding them, feeding them,
bathing them. "They seemed starved for a human touch. They just clung to
us," Pokrywa said. Ridding Ben Simon, Moroto,
The Monitor ( This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] An estimated 700 Karimojong, primarily women and children, who had been
begging on the city streets of Sarah Grainger, BBC News, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6378969.stm [accessed 3 August 2011] STREET LIFE - One of them is
10-year-old Nabale Amuye. She came to John Omoding and Salume Among, The New Vision, 15th February, 2007 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/17/549348 [accessed 3 August 2011] Following a public
outcry, the Police in Soroti have rounded up over
20 street children. The district Police commander, Sam Musisi,
said they were found on verandas and corridors where the majority of them
sleep. “The public has been accusing
them of gang raping women, snatching phones and beating people at night.” Should prostitution be legalised? Emmanuel Kihaule,
The Guardian, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] `50,000/- For a lover` read posters that
are found almost all over NGO protests Harriette Onyalla,
The New Vision, 8th February, 2007 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/17/547988 [accessed 3 August 2011] Recently, about
1,000 karimojong children and women were forcefully
taken to Kampiringisa Remand Home in Mpigi district to await transportation back to Karamoja. In a statement, the
charity said the Government should get the consent of the children before
forcing them off the streets. “We note
with great concern how the rights of these children are seriously compromised
in the present actions taken by the authorities.” It said the relocation should be done in
consultation and with the participation of the children involved. The Dawn of Peace Masumba David, Antiwar.com,
January 29, 2007 www.antiwar.com/orig/mdavid.php?articleid=10419 [accessed 3 August 2011] The war between the
LRA and the Ugandan government ended in 2006, yet many Ugandans still live
homeless, naked, and traumatized by the war. Many beggars on the streets of The Redeemed The Redeemed redeemedafrica.com/history.htm [accessed 3 August 2011] David Kyambadde, a Ugandan, and his wife, Aimee, an American,
took fifty street children from Woman MP starts children’s project Maria Nakitto and
Rehema Aanyu, The New
Vision, 22nd December, 2006 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/539410 [accessed 3 August 2011] THE Government is
concerned by the increasing number of street children in Street Children Turn to Sex Workers Aliga Issa,
Masaka, The Monitor ( This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] THE majority of
street children in Masaka have turned into
prostitutes and homosexuals. The Manager of Buddukiro
Children’s Agency, Kassim Wamono
revealed during a press conference at the offices of South Buganda
Journalists Association in Masaka on Nov 20.
"Street children come from poor families and so they resort to sex trade
in towns for survival," he said. WFP denies 'encouraging' street children in Charles Kazooba,
African News Dimension AND, This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] The legislators
were also unhappy that the street children if not cleared off the streets
would create a negative image of Uganda prior and during the Commonwealth
Heads of State Meet to be hosted by Kampala in November next year. “WFP help us and
desist from feeding those street children, CHOGM is on the way. We are trying
to get them off the streets. But if you decide to feed them, do you think
those kids will get off the streets?” MP Edward Bwerere
Kasole wondered. It Could Be Illegal to Donate to Street Kids Diana Lule, The
New Vision ( This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] Kampala City
Council will soon pass a bylaw making it a criminal offence to give money and
other items to street children, the city probation officer, Dan Mujjukizi, has said.
Mujjukizi said, while the Children’s Act
2000 makes it illegal for children to be on the streets, the people who
donate money and food to them were making efforts to relocate the children
difficult. Parents blamed for street kids Joel Ogwang, The
New Vision, LUGAZI, March, 2006 www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/487516 [accessed 3 August 2011] Lugazi Diocese Bishop
Mathias Sekamanya has blamed street and orphaned
children on parents. He said some
parents spent more time in bars than with their children. Sekamanya criticised parents who dressed indecently, saying they
were not exemplary. Information about Street Children - This report is taken from “A Civil Society
Forum for East and Southern Africa on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of
Street Children”, 11- 13 February 2002, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] 51% of the
population is under 18; number of street children is estimated at 10,000;
underlying causes of children’s problems in Childhoods in Marc Lacey, The New York Times, March 24,
2002 www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/world/childhoods-in-uganda-being-lived-in-the-street.html [accessed 3 August 2011] Aposi Lakwemwe considers himself one of the poorest people in
one of the poorest countries. All he
owns is hanging on his lanky frame, a torn T-shirt and a too-small pair of
jeans. Plus there is his slab of cardboard, which is the only thing that
separates his body at night from the cold pavement. ''Nobody's poorer than me,'' he says with a
hazy look in his eyes, the result of hours of sniffing aviation fuel. ''How
can they be? I don't have anything. I don't have a mother. I don't have a
home. I don't have anything.'' But Aposi, 16, has plenty of competition when it comes to
desperation, especially among the thousands of street children who haunt the
business district here, as others do in many African capitals, begging and
robbing their way from one day to the next. Adoption Now! - The Work In Adoption Now At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] People think that
it is poverty and AIDS that causes Ugandan children to leave home, but the
problem goes beyond that. I have gone
to rich families and have found out that they have lost kids to the streets,
and seen that those children who have remained at home are miserable. What they seek is *Self-esteem, *Meaningful
time and conversation with someone they can trust and model, *Love, *A sense
of belonging, *A sense of importance, *A sense of family. They need all the things that they were
deprived of at home. A New Dawn, a New Beginning in The World Scout Foundation, www.scout.org/en/content/download/3110/29900/file/7bl_e.pdf [accessed 3 August 2011] Recruiting young
people directly from the street, What is RYDA? [RTF] Rubaga Youth Development
Association Document 2001 www.blackdouglas.com.au/ryda/ryda2001.rtf [accessed 3 August 2011] STREET
CHILDREN
- RYDA operates one of one of the largest street children skills training in Vocational Training Of Orphans And Street Children International Care & Relief ICR At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] The orphans attend
vocational training workshops where funds have been spent on tools and
equipment, technical assistance, training activities and educational
materials. This means that they can gain the skills necessary to get decent
paid work and provide for themselves.
With the incentive of receiving nourishing food, regular attendance by
the children is secured. The
Baaba Project Monica Nyakake, Baaba Project Manager, GOAL www.unicef.org/magic/bank/case044.html [accessed 3 August 2011] AIMS
& OBJECTIVES
- The goal of the project is that the street children will be able to
exercise their rights to sexual and reproductive health within an environment
where information and services are freely accessible and their rights are
respected by the community and its members. This is based on the premise that
street children with increased knowledge, skill and confidence are able to
make their own informed choices for a healthier future. The project adopts a
variety of strategies including advocacy, capacity building and peer
education to achieve this goal. Harnessing talent: Kirstin Mitchell, Juliet Oling, Tony Onen, Monica Nyakake & Sarah Manyindo Kihuguru, Sexual Health Exchange 2002-1 www.kit.nl/exchange/html/drama_hiv_aids_uganda_-_sexual.asp [accessed 3 August 2011] Through street and
community outreach, HIV prevention clubs and training workshops, an
innovative project called the Baabas takes HIV
prevention messages to street children www.bethesdainternational.org/ [accessed 3 August 2011] Bethesda
International exists to restore and uphold hope and a future to the most
vulnerable children by providing physical, social and spiritual needs. Due to their marginalization, the most
vulnerable children, have lost all hope.
Kids in Need: An NGO Solution Christopher Wakiraza,
Director, Kids in Need KIN, eJournal At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 August 2011] THE
LIFE OF A STREET CHILD
- To survive, each child in the gang had to work very hard. Some provided sex
to adults for food or a pittance; others carried heavy loads, sold drugs, or
participated in organized crime. A
Future for Street Children in Caritas www.caritas.org.au/ourwork/where_uganda_story.htm [accessed 3 August 2011] AKOLUMOGEN'S
STORY
- 15 year old Akolumogen miserably recalls his
first days on the streets: "Food
was getting scarce each day that we began. Left alone after my parents'
death, I had to fend for my well-being. All the heads of cattle that my old
Papa had left me had dropped off one by one and now there was nothing to feed
on. This prompted me to move to Adoption Now! - Caring For Orphans And
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