The start of a New Year feels like a time to take stock, start afresh and do something we always promised ourselves we'd do. The children we help have many hopes and dreams, and they are keeping their fingers crossed that they will come true in 2012.
We would like to inspire you with a few suggestions of small ways you could help street children in 2012.
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If you’re trying to be more healthy in 2012 and want something to aim for, then why not take part in the Kingston Breakfast Run on the 1st April? And when you’re pounding the streets, could you raise a few pounds for street children? Set up a Just Giving page, email your friends and change a child’s life!
We're delighted to have a grant of £20,000 from The Body Shop Foundation towards work training for girls in Accra, Ghana. Thank you! Read more about the amazing work of Street Girls Aid which offers accommodation for pregnant girls and new young mothers, and runs crèches for 300 children (and there’s a long waiting list!)
ADSN, our partner in Uganda, ran a holiday programme for children who are part of the CHH (child headed households) project, teaching life skills and candle making. One of the boys attending the programme said: “We like what we are doing currently in the holidays - learning life skills and business management. With knowledge acquired we are able to train others or keep our selves busy.”
Please see our latest photo gallery.
Photographs taken for Street Child Africa by professional photographer Robin Hammond on a visit to our partner 'The De Marillac Centre' in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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Our thanks to Paul Rogers and Chris Harris of The Times Newspaper, to Robin Hammond, Nicky Barranger and Carmen van der Vecht for so many of their pictures.