This lesson explores life on the streets in Jinja, Uganda.

It explores the reasons why children go to the streets in the first place and deals with what living on the streets is really like through the experience of 7 year old Jacob.

It also encourages pupils to think about how things can be changed for the better and looks towards a brighter future for street children. (Please note there is no PowerPoint with this lesson).

55 mins

Age range: 7-11

Keywords: understanding why children could be on the streets, learning to retrieve information from a text