Imagine having problems at home having no money having no food - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Imagine…

…having problems at home…

• having no money
• having no food
• suffering from abuse
• being an orphan
• having nobody to take

care of you

• feeling that you don’t

belong anywhere

…missing out on school…

• because you can’t

afford the fees

• because you don’t

have the right uniform

• because you can’t

afford to go to the barbers

• because you are

needed at home

…taking to the street…

• to find money
• to find friends
• to escape

…relying on drugs…

• to blank out mental

trauma

• to enable you to

sleep

• to help you to ignore

hunger pains

• to kill the pain from

health problems

• because you need to find food
• because you need to find

piecework

• because you have been tempted

into prostitution

• because you have no access to

education

• because you never have time to

play

• because you have nowhere to

sleep

…losing your childhood…

• because you have

nowhere to wash your body or your clothes

…being a girl on the street…

• being vulnerable to rape

and physical abuse

• falling pregnant at an

early age

• having somehow to keep

your baby safe

• finding a street husband

who will take care of you

…falling sick on the street…

• living in unhygienic

conditions

• having a very high

likelihood of becoming HIV positive

• not knowing where to go

for medical treatment and advice

• watching your friends die

because they could not access adequate medical care

…feeling like an invisible child…

• because nobody seems to

want to help you

• because people walk past

you without seeing you

What if…

…somebody came to play with you…

• playing football
• playing games
• dancing

…there was someone you could call on…

• when things are bad at

home

• when you are in trouble

with the police

• when you are sick
• when one of your friends

dies

• when you need help to

solve a problem

• when you need a shoulder

to cry on

…if somebody helped you to live positively…

• giving you information

about HIV prevention

• giving counselling for

those who are HIV positive

• showing those who are

HIV negative how to support their friends

• helping to provide

treatment for those who are HIV positive

• giving you and your

friends a second chance at life

…somebody gave you shelter…

• referring you to an
• rganisation who can help

you

• providing the organisation

where you live with clothes and other equipment

• helping with emergency

funds when you are sick

• running programmes

enabling you and your friends to have fun

… somebody sponsored your education…

• providing you with

uniform and equipment

• paying your school fees
• monitoring your progress

and supporting you emotionally

…somebody took you home…

• reintegrating you

with your family

• giving ongoing

support to your family

• teaching you positive

Christian values

• running programmes

which aim to prevent you and your friends from going on the street in the first place

At Footprints Foundation for Children in Zambia, we aim to provide all of the

• rphans and vulnerable children in

Zambia with the support that they need to become happy, healthy, well educated and responsible citizens.

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