Mateba Vincent is a 17 year old who has spent 5 years on the streets.
He hails from Mwongot village in Sironko district. He came to the streets because his family was facing constant torture, discrimination and harassment from the neighbors who sold them land. The father had bought a piece of land and came to stay on it.
Akim is 14 years of age and hails from Bumboi Village, Bungokho Sub County, Mbale district. He is the second
Child Restoration Outreach CRO together with other partners like Devoted Youths at Work in Africa ,Jenga, Link Child Foundation and Mbale district Covid 19 Task team have opened up an emergency drop-in center for children on the street in Mbale town.
In 2019, CRO continued to strengthen its programs and activities. Notably, our community outreach program has continued grow especially the SHG approach. We have been able to advocate for the rights of children both at the community level and the district. Networking and collaboration with other like-minded NGOs and CSOs was at the forefront of the agenda.
“With no food for several days, i turned to selling mangoes to buy real food ”.
“None of us ever stepped at school,thus had to collect waste bottles to have a meal”
“Living with granny with no steady earnings, often sleeping hungry, i turned to the street for survival“.
January 2019 – Results showing in the wake of the May Coach project towards supporting the organization Child Restoration Outreach (CRO), a devoted change-maker motivated to rebuilding the lives of former street children in Uganda.
On 18th December, children, staff and caretakers at CRO – Mbale came together to celebrate the love that God showed mankind through sending his son Jesus to save us.
