SOS Children’s Village launches project to help Ethiopia’s street children

SOS Children’s Village launches a project to support street children in three major cities; Addis Ababa, Adama and Dire Dewa.
The project aims to reduce the number of children on the street by helping them to make the transition from street life. The project is said to last for five years with a total budget of 4.38 million euros. The project will outreach more than 9,000 street children in the 3 cities giving outreach services such as feeding, mobile health and counseling services. During the course of the project, 2,500 children will receive temporary shelter, and over 1,500 children will get education and training opportunities.
Additionally, the project is said to work on capacity building for community-based organizations and NGOs and advocacy and social mobilization. The project was officially launched on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Skylight hotel with the presence of different stakeholders including Ergogie Tesfaye /Ph.D./ Minister of Women and Social Affairs.
As reports show, more than 150,000 children live on the streets to which Addis Ababa hosted more than 60,000. However, the number is likely to increase even more because of the influx of internal migration to cities from all corners of the country.