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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.
BBC News ; AFRICA ; Kinshasa's forgotten chil
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.
OPDE
Works with street children in Burundi, Congo and Rwanda.
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.
Reuters AlertNet - The street children of Kinshasa
Photograph gallery.
Street Child Africa
Support group for African NGOs and charities working with street children in Africa.
Streetkids
Gallery by Michael Jensen, Denmark.
[CM] United Action For Children
Mission statement: To develop a caring society for children and to provide help before it is too late. Cameroon.
[GH] African Enterprise USA
Provides vocational training for street children in Accra, Ghana.
[GH] Catholic Action for Street Children
Working with street children in Accra, Ghana, West Africa.
[GH] Every Child Ministries
Christian mission specializing in Christian ministries to African children, orphans, street children, slave children, homeless and other needy children in poverty.
[GH] StreetChildRescue Ghana
Residential care and educational programs for street children in Hohoe region of Ghana.
[KE] A World of Violence - Battles of Nairobi&apos
Background on violence amongst street children.
[KE] Chosen Children International
Organization that offers services to street children in Kenya.
[KE] Juvenile Injustice: Police abuse and detentio
Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Report.
[KE] Kenya - Ragazzi di strada
Gallery of Photos by Giulio Napolitano, Graffiti Press, of street children in Meru.
[KE] Kivuli - The House of Street Children
Drop-in center for street children in Nairobi.
[KE] Made In The Streets
Provides a drop-in center, a residence, training programs and an outreach program to the street children of Nairobi.
[KE] Maryknoll Africa - Specialized Ministries: Lo
Grandsons of Abraham - A Rescue Program for Street Children in Mombasa. Provides a residence and other services. Outreach work. Photos.
[KE] Observer Newspaper - Viewpoint - Plight of st
Background on Street children in Kenya.
[KE] Shangilia
Provides a residence, training and outreach work with the street children in Nairobi.
[KE] Survival at the Periphery of Underdevelopment
Extensive research paper.
[KE] 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.
[KE] Undugu Society of Kenya
Provide a residential and training program for street children in Nairobi.
[MD] Madagascar's undaunted street children.
Photo-story on street children in Antananarivo.
[MO] bayti - enfants des rues
BAYTI targets children in difficult circumstances: Street children, working children, abandonned children, juvenile delinquents and sexually exploited children in Morocco. One overview page in English - rest of site in French.
[MO] BBC NEWS ; Africa ; Child glue sniffing rises
A non-governmental organisation in Morocco says substance abuse among children is at alarming levels.
[MO] Life Tough on the Street
Interviews with street children in Tangiers, Morocco
[MO] Nowhere to Turn: State Abuses of Unaccompanie
Extensive report.
[RW] Enfants de Dieu
Residential Centre for Street Children, Kigali, Rwanda. Background and photos.
[RW] Rwanda: Surviving on the Streets
Article and photos of Rwandan street children.
[SL] Children in Need - Sierra Leone
Works to assist street children in Sierra Leone.
[SL] 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.
[SL] The Leonenet Street Children Project
Operate feeding and sponsorship programs for street children in Freetown.
[SU] War Child - Shams Street Children - Khartoum
Outreach programs for street children in Khartoum, who call themselves "Shamassa" - Children of the Sun.
[TZ] Amani Children's Home
Amani is a small non-governmental, not-for-profit residential home for orphans and street-children in Tanzania, Africa, offering nourishment, a safe and caring home and educational opportunities. Outreach/reunification programs. Photos.
[TZ] Dogo Dogo Street Children Project
Drop-in center and hostel offer a range of services to street children in Dar-es-Salaam.
[TZ] Mkombozi
Centre for street children based in Moshi, Tanzania.
[UG] Adoption Now!
Sponsoring the education of street children and orphans in Uganda.
[ZA] Adolescence: Psychological characteristics of
[ZA] BBC News ; AFRICA ; SA youths tell of street
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.
[ZA] Kids Helping Kids
Provide residential homes for abused and abandoned street children in South Africa.
[ZA] Othandweni
Provide basic care, court support, health care, training and recreation to the street children of Hillbrow.
[ZA] 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.
[ZA] The Homestead
South African organization that helps street children rebuild their shattered lives.
[ZA] Youth - KwaZulu Natal
Programs for street outreach, short-term residential, family re-unification and prevention.
[ZM] AROS
Association for restoration of orphans and street children in Zambia. Provides advocacy and support. This is a single information page.
[ZM] 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.
[ZM] Children In Need Network (CHIN)
A network of NGOs, Community-Based Organisations and Government departments working with Children in need in Zambia.
[ZM] 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.
[ZM] Project Concern
Overview of the organization's activities in Zambia.
[ZM] Streetkids Unlimited
Blog about a charitable streetkids project located in Ndola of Zambia.
[ZM] Twatotela
Josee's photo page with snaps of Zambian street children.
[ZM] Waddington Centre
A streetkids project in Lusaka of Zambia.
[ZW] Street Children in Zimbabwe
Article based on a workshop by Professor Michael Bourdillon of the University of Zimbabwe.
[ZW] 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.
[ZW] Zimbabwe-Children: Those the Anti-AIDS Campai
Street children in Harare.