Street Child

STREET CHILD BELIEVES EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO A SAFE HOME AND AN EDUCATION. From building schools and training teachers, to connecting orphaned or abandoned children with families and giving parents in poverty business grants, their sustainable projects are all about giving the world's poorest children a chance.  Street Child is a UK charity, established in 2008, that aims to create educational opportunity for some of the world's most vulnerable children. Street Child started in Sierra Leone in 2008 working with a small number of street children. Since then they have helped over 50,000 children to go to school and enabled thousands of families to generate sustainable incomes so that their children can stay in education. During the Ebola crisis, Street Child helped over 20,000 Ebola orphans, providing emergency support and connecting thousands with families. Today, Street Child works in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nepal and Nigeria with a current emphasis on education in emergencies and girls education. PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE WORLD'S POOREST CHILDREN IN WEST AFRICA AND NEPAL THEIR VISION Together with their local partners, the charity has grown since 2008 from one project for 100 children in Northern Sierra Leone, to helping over 50,000 urban and rural children to access education in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Nepal.  Their focus is on empowering children by giving them the chance to go to school and giving their families the wherewithal to keep them there.  WHERE THEY WORK Street Child began its work in Sierra Leone in 2008 working with a small number of street children, eight years later they have helped to transform the lives of more than 50,000 children across Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nepal. In 2017 they launched their first project in Nigeria helping children impacted by conflict in the North East to access education. PROJECTS ON: Street Children Teacher Training Family Business Support Rural Schools Street Child Commercial Amputee Projects