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 [...]
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As you well know,Street Kids works in a wide variety of countries,each with their own very unique cultural and economic context. So I’m interested… from your experiences so far,how would you answer the following (TWO PART) question: -What types of youth businesses are the most popular in the country where you work? [...] Below are a few tales of individuals who in one way or another participated in Street Kids International’s “Setting for Success Program” in Nepal. These stories and glimpses represent small,but what I hope will be,important chapters in their lives… Amitra is a youth worker at Chartare Youth Club (CYC) in Baglung,Nepal. She [...] The past month and half has been incredible. I have had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout this country where every route seems like the scenic route. One of my colleagues amused at my admiration for almost everything laughed and said ‘you see things that we don’t see’. The goal [...] I’d like to tell a story I’ve heard about Mexico City,a place I love and know well (but not a place where Street Kids has programming,mind you.) Once upon a time,there was a popular taco stand run by some young men in Mexico City. The youth sold their delicious tacos on a [...] Pounding the pavement in the Northern Tanzanian cities of Arusha and Moshi,the street kids are pretty easy to spot. Head to any of the usual spots – the outskirts of the market,the clocktower,the riverbanks – and you’ll see them chatting,hanging around,or catching some shut-eye. Head into the market or just [...] Recently,I had the good fortune to go on a monitoring visit to the Eastern part of Nepal where Street and Practice Business trainings had been delivered in April 2009. The purpose of the visit was twofold;first,to follow up with some of the youth workers who had participated in the training and to [...] Last week we had a youth entrepreneurship and leadership training. I was amazed by the participants zest for a bright future. Many are not establishing businesses simply to earn a buck;they most certainly have great goals and hopes for their lives,families and community. We asked some of the youth their motivations for [...] After spending most of my lifetime in super-regulated Canada,when I first started traveling in “developing”countries,what was one thing that really struck me? Street vendors. Whether I was in Guatemala or Burkina Faso or Belize or Togo,it seemed to me that I could literally buy anything my heart desired on the street. Once [...] MABWOK project site This is my second week on the job and I have to tell you,I am in for quite an exciting and challenging ride. I have been jumping in and out of matatus making trips to Mukuru slum (project base) almost daily and what an eye opener these [...] | |||||
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