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Every month Ubaka U Rwanda has to pay for the running costs of our centre which provides access to high levels of education, a loving home, covers medical costs and provides 3 substantial nutritious meals a day for 26 live-in street children, numerous drop-ins and others successfully placed in homes

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  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Homeless/Refuge Homeless/​Refuge
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    Situation

    There are thousands of children and young people in Rwanda driven into living on the streets by the combined secondary effects of the 1994 genocide (HIV infected mothers, unwanted pregnancies from rapes, lack of an older generation, etc), abuse, neglect, substance abuse, the HIV crisis and extreme poverty. There are no social services to protect this vulnerable population and as such there is no way for them to escape the desperation of their situation without assistance.

    Solution

    We founded a centre in 2008 that provides a desperately needed home for 26 homeless children and young people who have been orphaned, neglected or abandoned. The centre provides shelter, education and guidance. We also work to reunite children with their families where possible and so far we have helped 28 children return home, 14 of whom we continue to send to school. Our ultimate aim is to help street children to live a self sufficient life away from the street through access to education.

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    Categories

  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Homeless/Refuge Homeless/​Refuge
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries