THE STREET CHILDREN FESTIVAL 2009.


The street children festival went on as the God of our
ancestors had planned and we had no reason to appreciate. Here are some of the pictures
taken on that beautiful sunny day. Peace shall remain our mission and target
for the people of our world and humanity in general. Our children have the
potential to unite us by availing to us our vulnerable nature and the distance
we´ve traveled in believing in what we call civilization or modernity.

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STREET CHILDREN FESTIVAL.

Handing over donated stove and cooking pots to Ubuntu street children organization. This was donated by Lewis stores.

                             STREETCHILDREN’S FESTIVAL : 7 NOVEMBER 2009

 

The second Street children’s Festival will be held on the 7th of November 2009  at the Amphitheater on North Beach, Durban from 08h00 to16h00.  This date coincides with the national Child Rights week and is set to become an annual event celebrated all through our universe where children are respected and appreciated.

 

This committee, consisting of local NGO’s and business men and women, are optimistic these children will realise their potential to grow up as responsible and productive adults, if counseled and nurtured by society. 

The mission of the Street Children’s Festival Committee is to reinstate these children’s trust in society, by making them feel loved and accepted as a very special part of our nation.  To give back to them their dignity and belief in themselves and to provide them with a dream for a better future.

 

The event will include a festive braai and entertainment such as cricket, soccer,singing, dancing, marshall arts demonstrations and art and crafts, and selected marshals will be on the lookout for hidden talents. Motivational talks will be given by role models that came off the streets themselves and children from surrounding schools will interact with them by sharing.  Groups such as Childline will also be present to discuss with them their rights as Children.  For those in need, general medical care will be provided to further make them feel loved and wanted.

 

It is hoped and trusted that this festival will be such a great success that it will expand to the rest of South Africa and the world. The organizers of the Street children’s Festival, ask you to join us in spirit and prayer, to ensure that this festival brings about a change in the life of each and every street child,providing them with a vision for a better future.

Your participation will be highly appreciated and rewarded in our future. Thank you in advance and remember it will take all of us to find a solution to our challenges.

Miyere

 

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The CBO's volunteer program

http://web.mac.com/henry.lihn/iWeb/HopeForTheChildren/The%20Organization.html

Hope for the children.

This is a page dedicated to those who are willing to volunteer and help in making this CBO´s attain their goals. The CBO´S that we work with are found at the community grassroots level and have dedicated their lives to uplifting the lifestyle of the communities around.

We hope that those who want to volunteer will learn and teach while integrating with different cultures and values that our people uphold. We all are looking forward to having a wonderful eye opening time while changing a people´s life.

Our world needs all of us.

This is an organization that is appealing for volunteers who can support in changing the lives of rescued girls from early forced marriages in Africa.

NASARU NTOYIE "Lets Save the Girls"

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Nasaru Ntoyie "Lets Save the Girls" is a project of the Maasai Women´s Group based in Isinya of Kajiado District in Kenya. The group was established in the year 1993 with the mission of rescuing young Maasai school girls of Ages (9-16years) who are traditionally married to older men ( often over 35 years) as second, third or even forth wife by their own Parents. The arrangements are done secretly and the covenant can be sealed when the child is an infant.

This women group has been counseling with the girls and their parents and where the situation dictates, they relocate them to a boarding primary school and secondary school away from their home as a rescue measure at least in the crisis period.

The government does not permit child marriages but most parents have a way of making secret deals. This group helps to bring such cases in the open. However, since parents will not be willing to support the schooling of these girls, Nasaru Ntoyie has been doing whatever is possible to raise funds for school fees, uniform and upkeep.

By 2005 May, 150 girls had been supported through their primary school and secondary school.10 young women have managed to go through tertiary colleges. At present Nasaru Ntoyie is sponsoring 210 girls in primary, secondary and colleges. This is inclusive of bright girls from poor families (that is 150 in primary school, 50 in secondary school and 10 in tertiary college). In fees, uniform and some basics needs.

The group raises funds locally through making and selling of Maasai crafts especially bead work. The market however, has not been favorable. We also get funds form well wishers and other organizations. For example, in the past two years Global Fund Round 2 funded the group primarily focusing on OVC (Orphan Vulnerable Children) feeding them and buying school uniform and also it had a project on PLWH (People living with HIV and Aids).

The motivation that made Penina start this project is her profession and also the fact that she was rescued from early marriage her self.

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