This project will support all of our work with the most vulnerable children, such as street children, disabled children, children affected by conflict and kids behind bars. To maximise our impact and make effective use of our resources, we focus our work on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda - five countries facing extreme poverty, inequality, conflict and forced displacement. Our vision is of a world where no child is forgotten!
In areas of poverty, children are often the most disadvantaged. Children such as Kofi, whose mother took him to Accra at the age of two in search of a better life. With no money they ended up living in an unsafe wooden shack while Kofi's mother worked as a porter in the market. She carried heavy loads in return for a few pence a day. It gave them barely enough to survive. Thankfully our support for specialist nurseries, with local partner S.AID, for street children was a lifeline for Kofi!
We work with and strengthen the capacity of African visionary community leaders to implement effective, locally-relevant projects. This enables us to focus on 'hard to reach' children, both in terms of their complex needs (e.g. street children with learning difficulties) and location (e.g. urban violent slums or remote rural areas). Together we make ideas and impact both sustainable and scalable to protect, educate and empower even more of the world's most disadvantaged children.
Instead of providing a 'one fits all' solution, we treat each child and each community individually. We believe that the only way to break the vicious cycle of poverty and exclusion is through an approach tailored to the unique needs and situation of each child. We tackle the root causes of exclusion and vulnerability and work with the child, their family and the wider community to create lasting change.
