The exact numbers of street-connected children are hard to determine in any country since these children move consistently and they enter and exit streetism regularly (Malindi, 2009). The phenomenon of streetism exists in many places around Africa, but there is no accuracy concerning statistics. In Africa, rapid urbanization has brought an increase in the number…
An Interesting webinar by the Consortium for Street Children was organized on the 7th July 2020: On the care implications of Covid-19 on street-connected children. Speakers from 3 NGOs presented on and discuss the care implications of COVID-19 and responses to the pandemic on street-connected children. They presented on the situation and context for children…
‘If a woman is harassed, is it because she asked for it? did she dress for it? did she walk for it? did she speak for it? I would like to challenge. – Fatima Mohammed We all need to be answering a series of questions when it comes to the upbringing of the girl child…
‘Here, from her ashes, you lay. A broken girl so lost in despondency that you know that even if she does find her way out of this labyrinth in hell, that she will never see, feel, taste, or touch life the same again’. – Amanda Steele The alleged gang rape and murder of Ms. Ruth…
