Thousands of children are forced to fend for themselves as a result of poverty, violence and neglect at home – often living or working on the street as their only means of survival. Exposed to violence, abuse, drugs and criminal exploitation, and lacking any positive adult guidance, many fall prey to substance abuse, sexual abuse and crime.
Kidasha’s outreach team works to identify and protect children on the street by reducing risk behaviours and changing community attitudes. Our short-term residential rehabilitation centre enables children to recover physically and emotionally and wherever possible to support them to return to their families.
For those unable to return home, we have established a Midway Home where teenagers can learn to look after themselves independently, while attending full-time education, apprenticeship or employment with the benefit of specialized guidance and support.