Review: streetchildafrica.org.uk
Tags: Children in Africa, Donations, Starving Children in Ghana, Street Children in Ghana, streetchildafrica.org.uk
Area: Ghana
Focus: Children 10-under
streetchildafrica.org.uk is a donation-only website that outlines the cost of helping a street child in Africa in getting food and an education. Since the public school system in Ghana requires uniforms and certain materials, it is difficult for many youths there to receive a proper education.
This website clearly outlines the costs for clothing, feeding, and sending a child to school in Ghana. An excerpt:
£10 will buy a school uniform and shoes enabling a street child to attend a government school in Nigeria.
£10 will care for a new street baby and mother for a week in a crèche in the slums of Accra, Ghana.
£30 will support a street child in school in Harare, Zimbabwe for one year.
£100 will pay a street worker, a trusted trained adult in Africa’s city streets to listen to, guide and protect street children, for one month.
£2,500 buys educational materials to take education to the slum streets – allowing children excluded from the mainstream school an opportunity to learn.
PROS: This service publishes it’s charity number in the UK, so visitors and participants can research and ensure that it is legitimate. They also very keenly outline the cost of helping kids who are on the street already with no hope of qualifying for a public school get an formal education. The street-helpers, or people who watch after children and mentor them in the streets is also a smart donation.
CONS: It would be nice if they explored more options for becoming involved with the children, either through mail interaction or going to Ghana to work with them.
Isaac Kwabena Boamah said:
Dec 02, 09 at 12:08 pmHaving read your book “The Street Kid”, I am required to do by all means possible to make my dream of setting up a childrens home come true.
However, Judy what happened to your Mum and Dad? If they’re alive please do contact them and make them part of your establishment.
Thanks for writing that book and making it known to the whole world what you are doing.
Congrass.
Isaac Kwabena Boamah said:
Dec 02, 09 at 12:11 pmResponses are welcomed
JENNIFER JASSO said:
Mar 29, 10 at 1:20 pmMAKE JUDYS PARENTS A PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT? THOSE ARE ROTTEN PEOPLE WHO SHOULDNT BE ALLOWED TO LOOK AT A CHILD FROM A MILES DISTANCE! WHY ON EARTH WOULD SHE WANT THEM DOING ANYTHING WITH HER?
Janet McElroy said:
Apr 14, 10 at 3:08 pmI really enjoyed your book and I am so glad that you made a life for yourself as well as helping others. I am sure that your own children grew up knowing that they were loved. I applaude you for all that you are doing and have done. God bless you!
Raine Will said:
Jun 27, 10 at 8:25 amDespite what Isaac says, he obviously hasn’t read ‘Street Kid.’ There is only one place for people like Judy’s parents and that is a life time stay in a harshly run prison. How the poor girl survived is nothing short of a miracle.
God bless you Judy. I hope you only have ‘good things’ in your life from now on.
Sarah said:
Jul 05, 10 at 2:45 pmI agree that Judy is better off doing this venture without her parents. She is now free to do what she wants. I have just read the first book and wasn’t aware there are more, however I will be buying them all, they are inspiring and congratulations on turning it into a positive for many many people.
Isaac,how far are you into your dream of starting up a children’s home? I expect there is a lot of research and hard work to make it all happen. Where are you hoping to set it up?
I am amazed it only costs £10 to care for a mother and newborn for a week in Accra. I go to Accra yearly and have friends there, so it is close to my heart. I hope I will be able to make a difference there xx