PROJECT TO REHABILITATE, EDUCATE AND REINTEGRATE ORPHANS, STREET CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN KASESE DISTRICT
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Street children and vulnerable children have increased rapidly over years in Kasese district. Almost all urban centers in Kasese have street kids. These children run to the urban streets expecting to get assistance from the working class that is well off. They run to the street due to poverty, family breakdown, sexual, physical or emotional abuse, drug abuse, sexual works and death of their parents leaving them orphans with no one to take care of them. They also think that in towns they will get jobs, money and other basic things for their survival. Additionally, street kids in Kasese have become a big security threat because they are engaged in a number of filthy activities including theft and robbery. The boys have been joined by girls and these have played a big role in trapping people and thereby robbing them. Some of these girls are now producing more kids on the streets. A number of major factors have contributed to the escalating number of street kids in Kasese:
Some children are rejected and abandoned by their families because they are disobedient, Others are abandoned by their parents and relatives because they have a disability or are suffering a certain disease, abusive parents and relatives as a result of domestic violence leave these children with no other option than to run in the street, Parents also force some of their children to go on the streets to borrow, sell scrap metals, beg and do prostitution for money, other children are homeless and they head up in the street, Poverty is a main source of rural to urban migration and therefore they head up to streets begging and borrowing, Family separation whereby their parents abandon them and they end up in the streets, death of their parents leaving them orphans with no one to take care of them
https://kaseseguideradio.com/street-kids-in-kasese-town-condemned-to-poor-parenting/
https://kaseseguideradio.com/kasese-municipality-is-on-risk-of-security-threat-as-street-children-keep-on-increasing/
PLANNED INTERVETIONS
• Rehabilitate and facilitate the development of the vulnerable children and the youth at risk towards sustainability, human dignity, and self reliance and restore hope for the lost.
• Empower children living on the streets and risk prone areas with formal education by reinstating them back to school.
• To reconcile children to their families or immediate relatives.
• To provide school and vocational training in order to produce skills and knowledge.
• To preserve and promote the children’s artistic talents by means of singing, dancing, and drama
• The contribute to the reduction of HIV/AIDS and STD's and enhance behaviour change among the street children and youth
• To provide shelter, rehabilitation and primary health care for children living on the streets and other risk prone areas
COMPONENTS OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Includes:-
• Hairdressing
• Catering
• Tailoring
• Computer studies
• Crafts making
The younger children will be enrolled in public primary schools and while some old ones ready to join secondary school will be helped to join.
Some children are rejected and abandoned by their families because they are disobedient, Others are abandoned by their parents and relatives because they have a disability or are suffering a certain disease, abusive parents and relatives as a result of domestic violence leave these children with no other option than to run in the street, Parents also force some of their children to go on the streets to borrow, sell scrap metals, beg and do prostitution for money, other children are homeless and they head up in the street, Poverty is a main source of rural to urban migration and therefore they head up to streets begging and borrowing, Family separation whereby their parents abandon them and they end up in the streets, death of their parents leaving them orphans with no one to take care of them
https://kaseseguideradio.com/street-kids-in-kasese-town-condemned-to-poor-parenting/
https://kaseseguideradio.com/kasese-municipality-is-on-risk-of-security-threat-as-street-children-keep-on-increasing/
PLANNED INTERVETIONS
• Rehabilitate and facilitate the development of the vulnerable children and the youth at risk towards sustainability, human dignity, and self reliance and restore hope for the lost.
• Empower children living on the streets and risk prone areas with formal education by reinstating them back to school.
• To reconcile children to their families or immediate relatives.
• To provide school and vocational training in order to produce skills and knowledge.
• To preserve and promote the children’s artistic talents by means of singing, dancing, and drama
• The contribute to the reduction of HIV/AIDS and STD's and enhance behaviour change among the street children and youth
• To provide shelter, rehabilitation and primary health care for children living on the streets and other risk prone areas
COMPONENTS OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Includes:-
• Hairdressing
• Catering
• Tailoring
• Computer studies
• Crafts making
The younger children will be enrolled in public primary schools and while some old ones ready to join secondary school will be helped to join.
