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Street Children have a right to be included in research
Street Action’s Joe Walker was joined by Dr Nigel Rollins from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to present the research project “If a child cries (dies) in the street, does anybody hear?” to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children at the House of Commons.
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Street Children rounded up in Durban ahead of World Cup
A report in South Africa's Sunday Times highlights how Durban's Metro Police are forcibly removing them from the centre of the city and dumping them on the outskirts, busy freeways or at unregistered shelters with no supervision or social workers support.
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Hopes for Street Action
Street Action's patron, The Rt. Hon. Paul Boateng addressed a reception at University College London (UCL)on the subject of 'Africa - 2010 and beyond. What does the future hold for Street Children?' He described Africa’s street children as “unfinished business on a massive scale" and how "overcoming crippling and debilitating circumstances is one the things that makes Africa's street children special".
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Who is Street Action?
Our vision is a world in which no child has to live on the streets. Street Action is committed to supporting local partners working with street children, providing sustainable financial support and promoting the work they do through advocacy and research.
What are Street Children?
The children that our partners work with live on the streets twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week with no parental or adult care or supervision. They are not an ordinary group of children but are defined by their extreme vulnerability, which is heightened by the failure of the general population and public services to recognise them as 'children'.
How does Street Action help Street Children?
We currently work in partnership with local organisations in Burundi and South Africa to tackle the complex needs of children living on the streets. We particularly support local organisations where former street children are playing key roles in the development of more effective strategies.
We seek to empower street children through innovative advocacy and research – driven by our partners.
How can I help?
There are many ways in which you can support us and our partners. The quickest and most direct way of helping us is to donate now. We are building a network of interested and committed people who have time, skills and experience in areas that could benefit the future development of our work in the Burundi, South Africa the UK, USA and elsewhere. Contact us to find out how you could contribute.
- Follow #StreetAction partner Umthombo Street Children: @UmthomboDurban 2 days ago
- RT @SCWC_2010 only a week to go... media is assembling at Umthombo safe space for press conference http://bit.ly/b4JLzx 2 days ago
- JoeStreetAction writes and article on #streetchildren and the #WorldCup for German NGO #Inkota - http://bit.ly/dvOHWu 5 days ago