Tag: street connected children

This is a true story about two children, a boy and a girl, living in a village in Uganda. One day, before heading to the market, their mother put food on the fire and…

As a child, Patrick* lived with his grandmother as his parents had both sadly died from AIDS.  However, his stay there did not work out well due to some challenging behaviour from Patrick, including…

Hello, my name is Sarah.

I am a Street Outreach Manager working for S.A.L.V.E. International.

I love working with children and youth, but I am so privileged to be working with street connected children especially. It…

Sport and physical exercise; an enjoyable diversion, a necessity in children’s social and physical development, a necessary evil, or a waste of time?

With schools across many countries (but… Read more

Community heroes

Children often provide interesting answers when asked… Read more

Five years ago I was living on the streets, drinking, taking drugs and feeling useless and hopeless; now I have found my light. My name is Zed*, I am 16 years old and… Read more

This is an open letter to the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs),

My name is Nicola and I am the… Read more

Difficult beginning

Prosy was only 10 when she experienced a truly traumatic and painful event. It affected her psychologically and was a harsh reality… Read more

We, Nyangoma Evelyn and Auma Phiona, are social work students from Makerere University, who did our internship placements with S.A.L.V.E. International. We would like to share a story that inspired us about… Read more

This month’s Inequality Question focused on: “Should children be in school or stay at home to stop the spread of Covid-19?” 

We received 67 responses and the discussion… Read more