| By Heather September 15th,2011 One of the awesome things about HELP-Salone’s approach to livelihood development is that they give truly holistic complementary training to everyone that they support with micro financial services. This means that alongside the Street Business training,our service users learn about gender rights,sexual health,hygiene and other life skills,including literacy. At first glance,[...] By Madison September 14th,2011 The title of this story would make one believe that this day was in fact to recognize the persistent issue that many of Tanzania’s youth are facing. Numerous children are increasingly finding themselves either living on the street full time,part time or are in a close relationship with the street as a means to [...] By Victoria September 13th,2011 I am very proud to be working at SKI’s Kenya partner,Make A Better World Kenya (MABWOK) as they are very ‘on the ball’ in realizing what will make their community (and organization) more sustainable. What I have been helping MABWOK with for the most part lately,is developing the concept for a social enterprise,[...] By Victoria September 13th,2011 Recently my focus has been on developing a business plan for the social enterprise Make A Better World Kenya is planning on kick starting by the end of 2011. This idea,formulated before SKI’s CIDA proposal went in last year but solidified through the proposal process,is the result of recognition of the path that [...] By Natalie September 2nd,2011 What do you expect when you come to a place like Manila? For me,it was what I read in the books,the internet,or what I was told by my Filipino dentist who immigrated to Canada 10 years ago. It is a densely populated city,complete with high rises and large international companies juxtaposed [...] | About usWe are 8 young Canadians working in 8 different countries for Street Kids International. We'll be writing about our experiences here and would love to hear any of your comments or questions! To learn more about us, click here. |