Tag Archives: street children

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has embarked on a process of reuniting street children with their families. Harriet Mudondo, the Director Gender and Community Development at KCCA says they have been counseling the children and have now identified over 40 children who want to …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti district authorities are unable to help more than 100 children who have remained on the streets in Soroti town during the current lockdown. The children, who have been deriving their livelihood from petty jobs and handouts from sympathizers, now roam the empty streets …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale district Covid-19 task force is to host all street children at Sansiro stadium in Bugema stadium. The facility belongs to Child Restoration Outreach-CRO, a non governmental organisation which works with street children. According to information obtained by our reporter, the Mbale District Covid19 Task …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has revealed plans to resettle street children with their families after the COVID-19 lockdown. KCCA has gathered and housed over 60 of the intended 150 street children at the school amidst COVID-19 lockdown at Nakivubo Blue Primary School. The children …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA has collected over 70 street children from Kampala city to provide them shelter at Nakivubo Blue Primary School. The KCCA team headed by Kampala Central Division Mayor Charles Sserunjogi was part of the team that collected the children …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  It was partying and feasting for close to 200 street children at the residence of Geoffrey Mugisha, a former street child and founder of AMKA Foundation in Namungoona on Christmas day. The street children were drawn from Makindye, Katwe, Wandegeya, Kisenyi and Natete among others. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala streets are still teaming with children, despite recent efforts by the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry to evict them. Small groups of children still brave the cold and drizzle to beg on the streets of Kampala. Children of all ages can be seen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations have asked the government to change its approach of rehabilitating street children. The call was made on Friday during celebrations held to commemorate the International Street Connected Children day. Pascal Lutaaya, the Director Mengo Youth Development Link says that government needs …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has started a campaign to resettle over 150 children from the streets of Kampala and different towns across the country. The exercise that begun in Kampala will soon be launched in the areas of Jinja, …