The Street Child Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which began its life five years ago as college students meeting street children in Uganda and doing art projects with them, works to provide ...

For the last five years, Kate (now 15 years old) has been a street child in Kampala, hustling to make ends meet. Uganda: Street Children - We Are Raped - allAfrica.com AllAfrica ...

Recent studies show that at least 10 children in Uganda join street life every day in the country’s major towns. ... 372 children join the street, putting a total to 18,600 children in 20 years.

Built as a rehabilitation centre for young offenders, it is now home to almost 900 people, nearly all of them children. There is not enough room for everyone in the dormitories, so some sleep in the ...

Here they are not children of the street. They are talented musicians and dancers, responsible students, motivated leaders, and members of a growing family. Dec 14, 2010 ...

Connie Frisbee Houde, of Albany, president of Jajja's Kids, visits with young boys who live in a home in Kampala, Uganda purchased through local donations in 2019. Diane Reiner, of Troy, a retired ...

Northern Uganda has a long history of minors being separated from their parents. The Lord's Resistance Army insurgent group kidnapped tens of thousands of children over two decades until the mid ...

Lawmakers in Uganda have passed a bill making it a criminal offence to offer money, food or a donation to a street child. Violators of this new law could face up to six months in jail or a fine of ...

It's Thursday and time for our Global Activism series. Each Thursday we hear about an individual who's decided to work to make the world a better place. The Child Restoration Outreach project ...

The LRA's goal was to overthrow Uganda's government, a campaign that displaced close to two million people. As many as 35,000 children were abducted, deployed as servants, sex slaves and soldiers.