Tag: street children
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Street kids
I met Jericho for the first time at Christmas 2013. He was at the orphanage I visited in the Philippines. He was about eleven years old. His mother had dropped him off there a month before I arrived to visit. He didn’t have a father, and apparently his mother felt she just didn’t have the…
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Help Street Kids
We need volunteers to help in the following areas: People on Facebook willing to promote the charity People who have large following on any social media like Facebook, twitter, blogs, etc. Bloggers Anyone who can advertise for us by word of mouth, online, direct mail, etc. People willing to sell items online to raise money…
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Street children part 4
A high school boy was told by a counselor that he wasn’t very smart and should take the lowest level job available after high school. So he did. He worked in a factory at the lowest level year after year for many years. Finally, the factory he worked in had to shut their doors and…
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Street Children part 2
“Street children is a term for children experiencing homelessness who primarily reside on the streets of a city. Homeless youth are often called street kids and street youth; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policymakers use UNICEF’s concept of boys and girls, aged under eighteen years, for whom “the street”…