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Street life is cruel

No child should have to live on the street. Help us do something about it.

Poverty Child is a charity dedicated to improving life for street and slum connected children. Our mission is to empower them to achieve their true potential. Help us.

Donate

Give what you can to improve life for a vulnerable child

Recycle

Send us your old stuff and we'll turn it into cash to support our work

Volunteer

Join us as a volunteer and use your skills to help make a difference

Our work with street children

Every child we work with has a unique and complex set of needs but over time we’ve developed the Poverty Child toolkit to working with street and slum connected children.

Mobile Clinics

An ambulance drives out to known areas every week to provide basic healthcare

Street Schools

A cordoned street becomes classroom for learning basic literacy and numeracy

Day Centres

A safe place for a child to get a meal, wash, counselling and basic schooling

Outreach Services

Child specialists go out to connect with and offer their support to street children

Foster Care

Care staff find a good foster home or family to reintegrate the child back into society

Night Centres

A safe place to sleep at night for street children otherwise exposed to danger

Our latest articles

Every now and then we publish articles on the issues we’re thinking about and working on. Here’s some of the latest pieces we’ve published.

ProgrammesEnding child poverty for good
10th August 2025

Ending child poverty for good

UNICEF's four key policies to end child poverty UNICEF has recently relaunched four proven policy solutions aimed at transforming the lives of the 900 million children who presently live in…
Chloe Hall
Love18
ProgrammesChild Poverty in 2025: A Global Perspective
15th June 2025

Child Poverty in 2025: A Global Perspective

Child poverty is multi-dimensional Across the world you are more likely to encounter children living in poverty than you are adults. Poverty impacts children's lives in several fundamental ways. For…
Chloe Hall
Love25
ProgrammesEnding Violence Against Children
7th June 2025

Ending Violence Against Children

Many children face violence in their daily lives The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that approximately one billion children, aged 2-17 years old experienced violence during 2022. The WHO categorises…
Chloe Hall
Love52