Five years ago I was living on the streets, drinking, taking drugs and feeling useless and hopeless; now I have found my light. My name is Zed*, I am 16 years old and… Read more
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Resilience through War
Simon was very young when he witnessed the cruelest incidents of war a child his age should ever have to see. It all began when his mother had to relocate to another… Read more
Change One Life at a Time
Effects of poverty on family
The effects of poverty develop differently among individual family members, and so a collective effort is needed to improve… Read more
The Reality of the Streets
Sometimes, children are forced to work due to financial pressures at home. This can lead children to run away onto the streets to work. Sometimes children at home get beaten when their… Read more
Moment of Joy
We met Lucky* on the street and it took us some time to convince him to trust us and…
Read moreThey treated me like a slave so I ran away to the streets
This is a story that affects my life and similar people may be facing such situations or have faced the same. I am Aunt Santi, a home assistant at S.A.L.V.E International sharing a story…
Read moreThe importance of bouncing back
So many things seem to be impossible until they are started on. It looks tasking to work with people that the community overlook, the people that the community sees having no value, no future…
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