| By Heather November 4th,2011 HELP-SL began the Linking Youth with Knowledge and Opportunities in Micro Finance (LYKOM) project in 2009,with the support of UNDP. I have seen that project has garnered great successes and provided immense learning opportunities,both for the communities it served and for HELP-SL as an organization. I also know that my Street Kids [...] 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 Annie August 30th,2011 Mumbai,India – At the 2nd Annual International Summit on Skills Development held in Mumbai on June 15,2011,one issue became apparent – India’s emerging economy and its young,largely unskilled workforce are at a critical and transformative moment. To realize the nation’s economic potential and address its widespread poverty,private,government,and nongovernment [...] Not long ago I received word from Kristy,our program manager at SKI in Canada,that a Canadian NGO was interested in receiving the Street Business Took Kit training for their local partners in the Eastern region of Sierra Leone. While I was familiar with the training material and of its benefits for budding young [...] By Heather August 29th,2011 Anya and I are on the road,making the slow return to Bo from our Street Business training in Koidu,Eastern Sierra Leone. They practically had to drag me out of the city,I was so enamoured. We met a lot of great folks and I interviewed a number of them to find out how [...] 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 [...] By Gillian August 5th,2011 Here in Ethiopia,we have spent the past week designing and testing a standardized quantitative questionnaire that will be integrated into the new SKI curriculum as a prerequisite for implementation. It was an extremely intense week:full of meetings all-day;everyday,and plenty of site visits. Though intensive,I feel happy to have taken part [...] By Heather July 18th,2011 One of my favourite aspects of my job is gathering stories from our microfinance clients on how their loans have affected their lives. It is through these discussions that I get closest to seeing the impacts of tools like the Street Business Toolkit (SBTK). I’ve seen that HELP-SL’s practice of giving business and life skills [...] By Dianne in Tanzania February 27th,2011 Microfranchise is one seriously cool livelihoods initiative. Not to be confused with microfinance,a microfranchise is a small,tested business that can be easily replicated by following proven marketing and operational concepts. The idea is very similar to franchising,whereby franchise chains are independently owned and operated but use centrally produced brands and products. Microfranchise [...] By Virginia in Kenya November 22nd,2010 Click on this link to view Entrepreneurship Training Make a Better World Kenya (MABWOK) is a Street Kid’s International partner based in Mukuru slum,Nairobi,Kenya. | 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. |