Catholic Action for Street Children - Working with street children in Accra, Ghana, West Africa.
Almudo.com - Detailed information on the West African street children called Almudos and extensive links to WWW sites dealing with street children around the world.
Street Child Africa - Support group for African NGOs and charities working with street children in Africa.
Tereo Project for Children at risk - Christian organisation with a mission to provide schooling and care for street children and children at risk in Southern Africa, particularly children that are victims of poverty, crime and AIDS.
Twatotela - Josee's photo page with snaps of Zambian street children.
Children high on sewage (BBC World) - Street children in Zambia have found a new way to forget their misery - by sniffing methane gas from bottles of sewage.
Mkombozi - Centre for street children based in Moshi, Tanzania.
The Homestead - South African organization that helps street children rebuild their shattered lives.
BBC News | AFRICA | Kinshasa's forgotten children - The killing of a 15-year-old boy, which sparked riots in Kinshasa, highlights the plight of some 15,000 street children in the DR Congo's capital.
Maryknoll Africa - Specialized Ministries: Loren Beaudry - Grandsons of Abraham - A Rescue Program for Street Children in Mombasa. Provides a residence and other services. Outreach work. Photos.
Kivuli - The House of Street Children - Drop-in center for street children in Nairobi.
Juvenile Injustice: Police abuse and detention of street children in Kenya - Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Report.
Observer Newspaper - Viewpoint - Plight of streetchildren important issue in Africa - Background on Street children in Kenya.
Survival at the Periphery of Underdevelopment: Street Children in Nairobi, Kenya - Extensive research paper.
Madagascar's undaunted street children. - Photo-story on street children in Antananarivo.
Life Tough on the Street - Interviews with street children in Tangiers, Morocco
Nowhere to Turn: State Abuses of Unaccompanied Migrant Children by Spain and Morocco (Human Rights Watch Report - 2002) - Extensive report.
Enfants de Dieu - Residential Centre for Street Children, Kigali, Rwanda. Background and photos.
Rwanda: Surviving on the Streets - Article and photos of Rwandan street children.
The Leonenet Street Children Project - Operate feeding and sponsorship programs for street children in Freetown.
Othandweni - Provide basic care, court support, health care, training and recreation to the street children of Hillbrow.
Youth - KwaZulu Natal - Programs for street outreach, short-term residential, family re-unification and prevention.
Adolescence: Psychological characteristics of South African street children.
BBC News | AFRICA | SA youths tell of street life - Two young South Africans describe how they survived violence and drugs as street children and how they ended up on the wrong side of the law.
War Child - Shams Street Children - Khartoum - Outreach programs for street children in Khartoum, who call themselves "Shamassa" - Children of the Sun.
Street Children in Zimbabwe - Article based on a workshop by Professor Michael Bourdillon of the University of Zimbabwe.
Street Children in Zimbabwe - Part 2 - The second part of the article based on a workshop by Professor Michael Bourdillon of the University of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe-Children: Those the Anti-AIDS Campaigners Forget - Street children in Harare.
Children In Need Network (CHIN) - A network of NGOs, Community-Based Organisations and Government departments working with Children in need in Zambia.
Reuters AlertNet - The street children of Kinshasa - Photograph gallery.
Streetkids - Gallery by Michael Jensen, Denmark.
OPDE - Works with street children in Burundi, Congo and Rwanda.
Adoption Now! - Sponsoring the education of street children and orphans in Uganda.
Lubuto Library Project - The Lubuto Library Project provides "street-kid" libraries housed in adapted shipping containers and literacy programs to AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) in southern Africa.
Chosen Children International - Organization that offers services to street children in Kenya.
First Step Children's Fund - Organization working to improve the living conditions for street children in Sierra Leone. Presently running a home for street children in the village of Hastings.
Orphans in Africa Project - A Christian based orphanage for Zimbabwean Aids orphans and streetkids. Please sponsor a child online and help reduce the effect of Aids in Africa.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Child glue sniffing rises in Morocco - A non-governmental organisation in Morocco says substance abuse among children is at alarming levels.
Every Child Ministries - Christian mission specializing in Christian ministries to African children, orphans, street children, slave children, homeless and other needy children in poverty.
African Enterprise USA - Provides vocational training for street children in Accra, Ghana.
United Action For Children - Mission statement: To develop a caring society for children and to provide help before it is too late. Cameroon.
Streetkids Unlimited - Blog about a charitable streetkids project located in Ndola of Zambia.
Kids Helping Kids - Provide residential homes for abused and abandoned street children in South Africa.
African Street Children - Salon.com article about experiences with street kids in Kenya one summer, plus the possible history of why it has become such a problem today.
Made In The Streets - Provides a drop-in center, a residence, training programs and an outreach program to the street children of Nairobi.
Umthombo Street Children - the Voice from the Streets - Umthombo is a voice from the streets led by a team of former street children whose aim is to change the way that society perceives and treats street children.
The Problem of Street Children in Africa - Paper presented to an International Conference on Street Children and Street Children's Health in East Africa, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, April 19th - 21st April 2000.
Street Children in Gaborone, Botswana - Causes and policy implications. Research paper.
Undugu Society of Kenya - Extensive community development and street children programs in Nairobi.
Street Children: The Core of Child Abuse and Neglect in Nigeria - [PDF]
Streets versus Elites: Tensions, Trade-offs, and Treaties with Street Children in Accra, Ghana - Incisive discussion of terms, concepts and roles relating to street children.
Streets Ahead - Streets Ahead works with underprivileged children and youths living on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe by operating a drop-in centre, foster care home and outreach service in the capital.
Friends of Africa - Bringing Help to the Helpless, Volunteer Agency based in Northern Ireland and Zambia. Fundraise and operate outreach and residential programs in Ndola.
Amani Children's Home - Amani is a small non-governmental, not-for-profit residential home for orphans and street-children in Tanzania, Africa, offering nourishment, a safe and caring home and educational opportunities. Outreach/reunification programs. Photos.
StreetChildRescue Ghana - Residential care and educational programs for street children in Hohoe region of Ghana.
Rwanda: Swept Away: Street Children Illegally Detained in Kigali, Rwanda
TunaHAKI - The TunaHAKI Centre is a residential youth arts and education programme, caring for disadvantaged street-children and orphans living in Moshi, near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Ons Plek Shelter | Female street children | Cape Town | South Africa - A temporary home for young runaway girls fending for themselves on the Cape streets. Councilors aim to reconcile and reunite children with their own families as soon as possible.
Streets Ahead Children's Centre UK (SACCA UK) - A UK based charity setup to help the street children of Rwanda who continue to suffer the effects of that genocide. Children who have been left orphaned, abandoned and forgotten are offered services at drop-in and residential centers.
Dogodogo Centre - Offers comprehensive services to the street children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
RETRAK - Enabling street children to realise their potential and discover their worth. Offers a wide range of services to street children in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.
St George Foundation - The charity supports ex-street children in Sierra Leone, offering genuine love, targets self esteem, self confidence, self discipline & education. This is on top of accommodation, food & general welfare.
Shangilia - Provides a residence, training and outreach work with the street children in Nairobi.
Street Kids of Rwanda - We are a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the welfare of Rwandan street children by providing housing, food, and education.
Emmanuel Center - Emmanuel Boyz Rescue Center provides a home, rehabilitation, education and care to about 40 street children, as well as outreach services to hundreds of children that remain on the streets in Nairobi, Kenya.
Wema Centre - Offer drop-in and residential services to female street children in Mombasa, Kenya.
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