When families are broken, it is often children that suffer the consequences. This has been shown through many of the stories told by street connected children when they decide to open up to their…
Read moreRecruiting for a Street Outreach volunteer
Do you believe that no young person should have to live and work on the streets?
Do you believe that children…
Read moreOvercoming the Odds
Stopping school
We first met Nafula* on the streets of Jinja. She caught our attention since she was new in the area, and we tried to find out why…
Read moreRepairing the bond of trust
Dembe* is a ten-year-old girl. She comes from a family of three children. Dembe lived with her mother, who had raised her in a suburb of Kampala, as her father lived far away.
For work,…
Read moreRecruiting for a Family Business Social Worker
Do you believe that no young person should have to live and work on the streets?
Do you believe that children…
Read moreRecruiting for Ugandan research volunteers
Do you believe that no young person should have to live and work on the streets?
Do you believe that children…
Read moreRecruiting for a Permaculture Teacher
Do you believe that no young person should have to live and work on the streets?
Do you believe that children…
Read moreFinding my deaf voice
I am Faimah*! I was born and raised in a slum town in Uganda. I grew up in an extended family according to the community where I used to stay. According to…
Read moreSonny’s Story
This is the story of Sonny*, a 15 year old boy we met and have supported at our S.A.L.V.E International residential site in Uganda.
“When I was younger, I lived with my mother and was…
Read moreRescued from a Life of Labour
In Uganda, many young children find themselves in situations where their only means of survival is underage working. Such is the case of Okah*, who by the age of just 12 was working as…
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