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.

8 young children smiling up to the camera in SumatraProgrammes
21st April 2022

Urban Child Poverty – Economic Cause and Effect

What does childhood look like? Children cannot always contribute and say what they want: what is right for one may not be right for another.  Urban child poverty is a…
Samantha Bunce
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Girl's eyeProgrammes
7th December 2021

Child trafficking

Child trafficking is a form of human trafficking and occurs in nearly every country in the world. According to the United Nations Palermo Protocol, child trafficking is defined as “he…
Amy Kerr
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Gender-based violenceProgrammes
27th October 2021

Gender-based violence

Violence against women and girls is a significant human rights violation but it is still perpetrated in many countries around the world. Gender-based violence is a term which is used…
Amy Kerr
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