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Addis hiwot - New Life Teen Challenge Development Program - Extensive outreach and educational programs for street children in and near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Adoption Now! - Sponsoring the education of street children and orphans in Uganda.

Almudo.com - Detailed information on the West African street children called Almudos and extensive links to WWW sites dealing with street children around the world.

Childlifeline.org - Provide educational and residential programs for street children in Lagos, Nigeria.

The Congo Children Trust - Home to The Congo Children Trust, a charity aimed at giving children living on the streets in the Congo (DR) and helping hand in life. Works in Lumumbashi.

Every Child Ministries - Christian mission specializing in Christian ministries to African children, orphans, street children, slave children, homeless and other needy children in poverty.

OPDE - Works with street children in Burundi, Congo and Rwanda.

RETRAK - Enabling street children to realise their potential and discover their worth. Offers a wide range of services to street children in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Street Action - A UK based organization that works with streetkid projects in Burundi and South Africa.

Street Child Africa - Support group for African NGOs and charities working with street children in Africa.

United Action For Children - Mission statement: To develop a caring society for children and to provide help before it is too late. Cameroon.

War Child - Shams Street Children - Khartoum - Outreach programs for street children in Khartoum, who call themselves "Shamassa" - Children of the Sun.

Reuters AlertNet - The street children of Kinshasa - Photograph gallery. (August 1, 2003)

Street Children: The Core of Child Abuse and Neglect in Nigeria - [PDF] [PDF] (April 1, 2003)

BBC News | AFRICA | Kinshasa's forgotten children - The killing of a 15-year-old boy, which sparked riots in Kinshasa, highlights the plight of some 15,000 street children in the DR Congo's capital. (August 16, 2001)

The Problem of Street Children in Africa - Paper presented to an International Conference on Street Children and Street Children's Health in East Africa, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, April 19th - 21st April 2000. [PDF] (April 20, 2000)

Madagascar's undaunted street children. - Photo-story on street children in Antananarivo. (June 1, 1999)