We work with street children in Freetown in four ways: meeting them on the streets, giving them a safe place to stay, getting them home, and making sure their voices are heard.
Outreach: our mobile project
Meeting children where they are, with food, care and fun
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Our Interim Care Centre
A safe place to stay, rest and just be a child
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Going home
Tracing families and getting children home, safely
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Speaking up, with the children
Helping children speak for themselves
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A national plan for street children
We helped shape the Government's national strategy for street children, and 112 street children had their say.
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Our own pop song!
For the International Day for Street Children, the children made a pop song about their lives and their rights.
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Knowing your rights
We trained street-connected children in 8 areas on how to get justice if they're attacked.
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A superhero carnival
We teamed up with three partner charities for a superhero carnival for over 500 street children.
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Safe during elections
With elections coming, we held a press conference on keeping street children safe.
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Belonging, and a landmark court case
The children put on a show about belonging, and we helped with research for a landmark court case.
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Participation
Street children in Tombo elected their own Street Champions to speak up for them.
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From the courtroom to Parliament and the UN
ECOWAS asked us to help shape its policy on street children, and we took their voices to the UN.
Read more →This is just the start, but we have high hopes it will lead to lasting change for street children in Sierra Leone.
Laughter Africa is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered charity no. 1154712 (England and Wales).
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