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A monthly donation really can change lives
By giving just £5 a month, you can be a part of Street Action’s commitment to our partners in Burundi, Kenya and South Africa to support their work to enable street children to find freedom from poverty, neglect and abuse and to transform their lives towards a positive future. Sign up to be a monthly donor today and be a part of making a difference.
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On your bike to Cape Town…
The Cycle Africa team have already been on their bikes for five months and are currently in Sudan. We’re proud to be Cycle Africa’s lead charity partner and supporting their journey to raise UK and international awareness of Africa’s street children. You can follow the team on their journey via their website www.cycleafrica.org
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A small amount can have a big impact.
This Christmas as little as £5 can make a difference. You can donate online or send a text for free or sign up to be a monthly donor. To give £5 just text “SAOS11 5” to 70070 or visit our Just Giving page. You can be a part of helping us support our partners to transform street children's lives.
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Street children at risk of HIV/AIDS
As the world marks 30 years of AIDS, street children remain one of the hidden faces of this global pandemic. On World AIDS Day, we remember the many street children who have died from the disease. We call for further action for treatment, care, protection and support for street children affected by HIV/AIDS.
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Street Action’s OUR STREETS photography exhibition is now available online
The gallery features the work from our three photographers - Lizzie Everard, Bex Morton and Matt Oldfield - who have visited Street Action’s partners in South Africa, Burundi and Kenya, and tell the moving stories of our work with street children in these countries.
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Street children’s experiences captured in a unique photography exhibition.
This exhibition features the amazing and moving work of three photographers; Lizzie Everard, Bex Morton and Matthew Oldfield. Their photographs reflect the lives of children living on the streets in Burundi, Kenya and South Africa.
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Getting closer to Africa…
It's almost four weeks since the Cycle Africa team set off on their 12,000 mile journey from London to Cape Town. Currently in southern Germany, you can follow their progress on the official blog: http://www.cycleafrica.org/blog Street Action is proud to be the lead charity partner and will also be blogging as they get closer to Africa.
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Freedom and choice for street children
The Day of the African Child, celebrated on 16 June commemorates when, in 1976, hundreds of school children were killed in Soweto, South Africa while taking to the streets to march against an inferior education system and the right to be taught in their own language. In 2011, the African Union is celebrating the 21st annual day with a focus on street children.
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Including Street Children report launched
at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Speaking at the event was Lord Paul Boateng, former High Commissioner to South Africa; Professor Stephen Chan OBE; Tom Hewitt MBE & CEO of Umthombo Street Children & Joe Walker, co-author of the report and Director of Street Action. The report is available to download here.
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Moving forward with our partners
Our partners shape and define the way that we understand and respond to street children. An important part of the development of partnerships is connecting to and experiencing the issues on the ground. Over the next week Street Action’s chair Andrew Grainger and co-founder Joe Walker will be visiting our three partners in Kenya, Burundi and South Africa.
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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. We are based in the UK but also operate in the USA. Find out more about Street Action USA by clicking here.
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, South Africa and Kenya 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.
- RT JoeWalkerUK As Euro 2012 approaches, an interesting article in @guardiang2 on Ukraine's #streetchildren http://t.co/lEoEedQf 1 day ago