Tag: street children

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

Joyce* is a mother of six living in one of the suburbs of Jinja town. Her husband fled from the house for unknown reasons and she did not know to do anything that could… 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

My name is Alvin* and I am 13 years old. I came to the street after losing my parents in 2018. They were the only people who understood me, they were always… Read more

Godfrey* was born into a poor family. His mother was a single parent and struggled to make ends meet, renting a small room in a village for him and his siblings, doing odd jobs…

This month’s inequality question focused on the dilemma, “If people commit crimes like theft to survive, should they be punished?”

We received 77 responses and they were viewed more than 300 times (so far)!

Today, our…

John* is now 16yrs old. His mother died during childbirth where she was operated on during labour, but unfortunately only John survived.

He also never had opportunity…