CRO organizes training workshops for the communities in Mbale, Jinja,Lira and Masaka on a quarterly basis. These workshops are carried out with the purpose to sensitize the communities on child rights, the plight of street children and ways to support them.
Every year CRO sends one to three students to Norway, and receives two from Norway. These participate in the
1 .Annual Board and Staff Meeting: At the beginning of each year, CRO Boards of Directors & Staff meet together
A. Women and Men Clubs C.R.O runs four women clubs for the guardians and mothers of street children living in
CRO social workers visit the streets often to identify children on the streets. Day and night surveys are also carried out on a quarterly basis to establish the number of part time and full time children on the streets. The causes and numbers of children on the streets are established and appropriate help is given to the children.
When being part of a self help group, one acquires a great sense of economic responsibility and a good understanding
Children are supported with fees, materials and career guidance to equip them with knowledge, skills and values for self-reliance.
CRO provides the children with lunch which is most often posho (maize dish) and beans. Having the same kind food
Children from the streets usually get various complications ranging from injuries for First-Aid cases to advanced illnesses.C.R.O runs medical clinics
Vicky is a total orphan. She recently became an orphan due to a natural disaster that took place in Nametsi her home area where both parents were buried by a landslide in 2009. Many other people were also buried alive and very few people survived.
Vicky and her brother survived because they were in school which was far from the incident.
