What SSSK does

Students Supporting Street Kids aims to make people aware about the issues affecting street connected children. We raise money for projects that work with such children and which help them realise their potential. SSSK was founded by two students. Our branches are run by students, and 100% of all monies raised and donated go to street child NGOs.

SSSK News

Take a look at our Jan 2015 Newsletter.  

The Street Child World Cup (SCWC) in Rio 2014

You’ll find an interesting overview, and some really good pictures at  http://scwc2014.tumblr.com/

For a summary of its impact, see:  http://streetchildworldcup.org/impact/ and look  at a selection of videos from the 2014 SCWC collection (below).

Most last from 3 to 4 minutes, but the one about Team Tanzania is longer

Street champions take over Rio airport

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIGZNAPMP44

Welcome to Rio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbLWP_mLeo

Team Philippines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maAg44qoY80

Team Tanzania (where you need to bypass the advert at the beginning). It’s 20 mins long but informative 

http://sport.bt.com/video-01363814401986?videoid=2746168148001

Kick off – and Opening Ceremony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdTVyZso7NE

It’s more than a game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgZkMNAvF0g&feature=youtu.be

Fundraising

If you are planning or undertaking an event to raise funds for SSSK you may know that we have been using Bmycharity.  We have just been told that they are closing at the end of 2015, and are not accepting any new event pages after the end of March.  

We are urgently looking to set up a similar arrangement with a different provider (Feb/Mar 2015), so ‘watch this space’, and we will aim to have a replacement provider in place by April 1st .

Grant applications

Please note that we are only able to support NGO’s that members have visited.

Have a look at what it’s like to live on the streets in Colombia or in Ethiopia:

www.letthechildrenlive.org/street-children/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nEcl4E17S0

Have a look at how NGOs work to help street children:

http://www.voiceofchildren.org.np/ under VOC programmes and Street Children Project. Other NGOs work in similar ways, and there is much more information here (on the SSSK website) under both Links and NGOs we support.

A wide ranging source of information

There’s a website http://www.gvnet.com/streetchildren/ which has been set up by Professor Martin Patt from the University of Massachusetts in the USA. It is intended as an educational tool, and includes articles about the prevalence, abuse and exploitation of street children in more than 150 countries. It provides a huge resource, including some specifically for teachers and some for parents. It consists mainly of press reports and articles, but there is other material as well.

Consortium for Street Children Annual Review

SSSK is a member of the Consortium, and the recently published  CSC-Annual-Review-2012 outlines what they do, particularly in the areas of awareness raising and of advocacy. The CSC also reviews the research undertaken, and promotes shared learning. If you are concerned about the needs of street-connected children, and how those needs can be met, TAKE A LOOK at the Review.