SOS Children: Street Children
Even to a children charity which deals with so much of the world's heart-ache, few things are more upsetting than the sight of young children
having to forage and beg an existence on the streets of a large city. Unfortunately, such children are a
fact of life in many large cities. Sometimes they have been orphaned, in some places like Zambia this may well be by HIV/AIDS. Sometimes their parents have been driven by poverty and the needs of other brothers and sisters to abandon their own child.
We struggle to understand the depths of dispair which might lead a mother or father to do this.
Would you like to learn more about the work of SOS Children or about how you can help Street Children around the world? For information about specific projects or areas contact Jenny.Townsend@sos-uk.org.uk. If you would like to sponsor a child through SOS Children click on the words "sponsor a child"! General information on SOS Children can be found by following the link at the top right corner of the page.
But one thing is clear. However these young children got there, they need our help and protection. Otherwise they will have no childhood at all and may well not survive.
We highlight here some of our projects for Street Children. Read how in Zambia HIV/AIDS has ruined countless homes. See how in Bolivia extreme poverty makes suffering a part of everyday life, and the police regard street children as there to exploit. Learn that in Colombia local businesses will stop at nothing to "get rid of" children they regard as simply a nuisance. Read about Kenya where life is short and dirty for street Children. Read all these things but remember that when you go to sleep SOS Children is still working to help these children worldwide.