RESPONSE

OBJECTIVES

1. To advocate for Street Children in Ghana.
2. To raise funds from all possible donors (local and foreign) for the implementation of programs designed for the welfare of street children.
3. To serve as a repository of information on Street Children in Ghana on funding and management training for all NGOs working with street children.
4. To co-ordinate activities of Organizations working on Street Children.
5. To promote:
   (a) the gathering of information on the plight of Street Children through the commissioning and funding of studies and providing assistance to researchers.
   (b) dissemination of the gathered information to potential donors, the government and the general public.

ACTIVITIES

• Advocacy
• seminars
• workshops
• district assemblies
• NGOs
• Government institutions

STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONS

1. Bearing the Weight: The Kayayoo-Ghana's Working Girl Child by Seema Agarwal, Memunatu Attah, Nana Apt. Margaret Grieco, E.A. Kwakye and Jeff Turner
2. A Profile of Street Children in Kumasi by Davi Korboe
3. Children in Need A study of children in institutional homes in Ghana by Nana Araba Apt, Ebenezer Blavo and Stephen Wilson
4. Listening to the Girls on the Street Tell their Own Story: What will help them most? by Nana Araba Apt and Margaret Grieco