Every child deserves to be remembered.
But every day, children from Karamoja are pushed onto the streets of Kampala by hunger, drought and trafficking, and the system designed to help them is the one that loses them.
There are numerous organisations working with street children in Uganda. Yet very few speak Nga'Karamojong, and fewer still have a presence in both Karamoja and urban centers. To our knowledge, none has developed a longitudinal child-tracking system that supports individual children for the two critical years after reintegration, when most risk returning to the streets.
We can't walk this road alone. Stand with us, and help us turn tumaini, hope, into a homecoming that lasts.
Donate todayKTN, The Road We Walk With Every Child
A short film from Napak to Kisenyi.
the realities we confront and our promise to 2030
KTN's impact, measured.
We measure outcomes, not activity, and we publish what we find. Here is the road we're walking.
Karamojong children on the streets across four towns
poverty rate in Karamoja, the highest on record
children we aim to support along the route by 2030
of reintegrated children still in school one year on
Of 1,000 children removed from the streets in one government programme, only 292 could ever be traced. KTN follows every child for up to two years after reintegration, long after others have closed the file.
about KTN
Who we are.
The long road home
About KTN
A Karamojong-led organisation walking the whole road with children, from the village they leave to the street and back home.
From the pastoral lands to the city
Where we work
From the Karamoja villages of Napak, Moroto, Kotido and Kaabong, down to Gulu and Kampala, and across the border to Busia and Eldoret in Kenya.
our method
The SHIELD model.
Six promises that travel with every child from the manyatta to the street and back home. Not a programme that ends, a shield that stays.
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Safeguard
Protect children from violence, exploitation and trafficking on the route.
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Heal
Trauma-informed care, nutrition and medical support to rebuild health.
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Integrate
Family tracing, mediation and a steady return to school or training.
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Empower
Skills, dignity and voice for children, mothers and caregivers.
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Lead
Karamojong-led advocacy that changes how the system treats our children.
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Data
We follow every child for years, and publish what we learn.
Support KTN
Individual giving
Long-term partnerships with philanthropists who believe every Karamojong child deserves a homecoming that lasts.
Corporate partners
Companies help us fund prevention in Karamoja and outreach in Kampala, breaking the cycle that brings children to the streets.
Trusts and foundations
Key partners as we build a longitudinal child-tracking system the sector has never had.
don't close the file
Walk this road with us.
Behind every number is a child with a name. Help us stay with them, from the village they leave, through the streets that take them in, all the way home to a classroom, a family, and a future of their own.
