MESSAGE FROM THE FROM THE COUNTRY DIRECTOR,2022
Greetings, Ebenezer, “Thus far the Lord has helped us” 1Samuel 7:12 Allow me to thank you for being part of […]
Greetings, Ebenezer, “Thus far the Lord has helped us” 1Samuel 7:12 Allow me to thank you for being part of […]
Sandra from Okworo-Okworo in Lira City East last attended school in primary two (P 2 class) at Akia primary school in 2017 due to poverty since her family couldn’t raise even the few school requiements considering they were many children at home. She is the fifth born out of seven siblings of her mother plus many from her father.
Kevin (16) from LIra dropped out of school after completing PLE in 2019. She was not able to join Senior One in 2020 because of her poor family could not afford the fees and other requirements.
The Day of the African Child is celebrated each year on June 16th. The day recognises the ten thousand black students that marched in the streets of South Africa calling for an end to the Black Education Act on June 16th, 1976. The Black Education Act legally segregated students based on their race and created damaging inequalities in South Africa’s education system.
Ayao Oliver aged 17 years old hails from Apac districtand is the second born in her family. Since her childhood,she
Brian(16) dropped out school in primary four(4) in 2018. In 2018, he joined the streets of Lira town after the separation of his parents that left him and his siblings with their grandmother and uncle.
Isaac(15) left his fathers’s home in Otuke District in May 2018 andjoined the streets of Lira town. This was after the demise of his mother in 2017. His father married another wife who subjected him to intermittent beatings,torture and falsely accused him before his father. Isaac says,“my father would get so annoyed with me and one day he said that he would kill me if he heard anything again.This scared me so much that I ran to the streets in Lira town in a bid to save my life..“
Every 12th April, the world always commemorates the International Day of Street Children to pave way of how to minimize the number of children suffering along the streets in cities.Every 12th April, the world always commemorates the International Day of Street Children to pave way of how to minimize the number of children suffering along the streets in cities.
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On the 12th of April, organisations around the world celebrated the International Day for Street Children: a special day acknowledging the strength and resilience of millions of street children around the world.
CRO is looking for hard working, committed, innovative and experienced persons to fill the position of Social Workers (2) for its Branch in Masaka.