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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.

Programmes
28th November 2023

The Diversity of Child Poverty

Around the world poverty affects billions of children in various ways. UNICEF and the UN believe that poverty and child poverty need to be redefined to encompass the radically diverse…
Chloe Hall
Love13
Programmes
2nd October 2023

Some of the hardest places for children to grow up

Crisis hit areas There are several crisis hit areas across the globe where it is particularly challenging for children caught up in circumstances beyond their families’ immediate control. UNICEF lists…
Chloe Hall
Love40
Programmes
9th September 2023

Why children’s views matter

Why children’s views matter when assessing child poverty When it comes to defining and researching child poverty on a national or global basis, it might strike some people as counter…
Chloe Hall
Love63
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