Tag: street outreach

This is the story of John, one of the children Brenda has worked with recently.

Growing up without love

My name is… Read more

This is the story of John

John is 11 years old. He began living on the streets after some misunderstandings with his mother. At first,… Read more

Unforgiving streets

A teenage boy told me his difficult story of growing up in extreme poverty after being abandoned by his dad at an early… Read more

In Jinja, drug use among children, rich and poor, rural and urban, is highly prevalent. As a drug rehab psychiatric nurse, I am mostly concerned with the problem of drug dependance and… Read more

A stolen childhood

Hope* is an orphan who grew up with her stepfather after losing her biological parents at just three years old. Her new stepmother forced her to… Read more

About Moses*

This is a story of Moses, a 10-year-old boy who left home hoping for a safe haven but ended up living on the streets. Moses comes from the district of Iganga,… Read more

Running away

Mukisa* grew up with his grandmother in the East of Uganda (near the border with Kenya). The other children in the home there would treat him badly…. 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