the shield model
Six connected parts that follow each child.
From the village a child leaves, through the streets that take them in, all the way home to a classroom and a future of their own.
Safeguard
Prevent migration at the source, child-protection committees, family income, breaking up trafficking.
Heal
Meet street children with trust, in their own language, food, basic care, a safe place to come.
Integrate
Reunite with family only when it is safe, then stay in touch for up to two years.
Empower
Keep children in school, help returnees catch up, train youth for work local markets actually need.
Lead
Push for the law and budget changes that fund prevention, and stand with children abused by authorities.
Data
Track every child over time, and share honestly with the sector what actually works.
the road we walk
From home, to street, and back.
- 1
At-risk home
A child in Karamoja, pushed toward the road by hunger and drought.
- 2
The street
Found in Kisenyi or Katwe, met with trust rather than a roundup.
- 3
Safe return
Traced, assessed and reunited with family only when it is safe.
- 4
School and skills
Back in a classroom, or learning a trade the local market needs.
- 5
A life that holds
Followed for two years, until the cycle is finally broken.
where we work
Both ends of the road.
We are present in the villages children leave in Karamoja, and the Kampala neighbourhoods they reach, not one or the other. That is how we follow each child.
- Napak
- Moroto
- Kotido
- Kaabong
- Amudat
- Abim
- Nakapiripirit
- Nabilatuk
- Karenga
- Kampala (Kisenyi & Katwe)
Walk this road with us.
Behind every number is a child with a name. Help us stay with them, for the whole journey.
