An Alternative Education

By Bryce August 18th,2011

When I first was offered this internship,I was a bit torn. Personally,I thought every kid should stay in school until they finished what is the equivalent of grade 12 in Canada,and what Street Kids does it teach youth that are street involved and usually not a part of the traditional education system [...]

August 18th,2011 | Category:Capacity Building,Child Rights,International Development,Street Youth,Training,Youth Livelihood | Leave a comment

Volunteer-tourism has negative effects

By Adam July 21st,2011

Things are going well over here and I have been to Arusha a fair bit in the last little while to meet with Madison,who is adapting really well to Tanzania. I am getting excited to go back home to Canada but I am definitely going to miss a lot of things,especially chipsi mayai [...]

July 21st,2011 | Category:Child Rights,International Development,Misc.,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Change | 2 comments

This ain’t no cake walkThis ain’t no cake walk

By Dianne in Tanzania January 4th,2011

Let’s be frank:working with street kids in developing countries is not a piece of cake. Some things are hard,and some things seem near impossible.

Development rhetoric is great at glossing over these challenges,largely due to the shortage of funds and donor pressure for good results. But I sometimes feel like expectations are [...]

January 4th,2011 | Category:Child Rights,International Development,Misc.,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Change,Street Youth | Leave a comment

From the streets to the community

By Dianne in Tanzania September 13th,2010

How do kids become street kids? Within the international development realm,we talk about systemic poverty,structural injustice,and lack of opportunities. Within the child protection realm,maybe it’s the failure of national systems to keep children safe – allowing abuse in educational institutions,unrecognized child rights in the legal system,and lack of child [...]

September 13th,2010 | Tags:, | Category:Capacity Building,Child Rights,Entrepreneurship,International Development,Training | 4 comments