Tag: family

Sometimes, children are forced to work due to financial pressures at home. This can lead children to run away onto the streets to work. Sometimes children at home get beaten when their… Read more

I am going to tell you about an experience that one of my good friends went through while living at home, which ended in him going to live on the streets. But… Read more

This is the story of a 14-year-old girl called Faith*.

Faith’s father sent her, her mother and two brothers away and they had to live on the streets,… Read more

This is a story of a young boy from Uganda, told in his own words, about why he left home and felt he could never go back.

Setting the scene

Gilbert*, like many children who leave home for a life on the streets, had a hard life at home. Gilbert’s life was made difficult by his step mother who used to tell… Read more

This is a story about a boy called Adroa*.

Adroa is an only child and was raised by his father. Adroa had a difficult relationship with his father growing… Read more

Social workers and psychologists have always been interested in how parents affect their child’s development, but finding the definate cause and effect links between the specific actions of parents and the later… Read more

When Matthew* came home that day, little did he realize that this was his last day going to school. His father had died of a severe malaria case.  His father’s staying home for days…

This a story of a boy called Thomas* who has been living on the streets of Jinja for the past five years. Thomas comes from a…

Conrad was a quiet boy ever since he learned how to talk. His parents thought he would have difficulties as he was always struggling to express…