This year, Starlight Foundation has taken a twist in its Teach Them Young initiative by involving communities and their opinion leaders. This is because we are giving out more blame than responsibility. It is only after the worst has happened before we look for who is responsible, and apportion blame so that we do not…
The role of the everyday Ghanaian in addressing the issues of children in street situations is a call to change of attitude towards how we address Streetism as individuals. The everyday Ghanaian has a mentality that to be on the street is to be a criminal, disrespectful and unwanted child. What is missing here is their…
The misinformation going on in our homes is detrimental to the safety of our children at home and in school. Our children are paying attention to the conversations and the things we say to them and thus parents must be equipped with the right information so that they can impact facts on their children. …
With all the schools and communities that Starlight Foundation has been to with our Teach Them Young Initiative, there is one thing that runs through all of them: a gathering of people who do not know anything to be done in case of emergency and in cases where their life in the classroom is threatened.…
This year’s International Day for the Street Child focuses on creating a safe place for street children and granting them the needed amenities to be able to survive daily. Our Teach Them Young initiative makes us ambassadors of Streetism in our schools and communities because we cannot afford to lose more children to the street.…
