Kinship care enables children to stay with relatives or trusted family friends when they cannot live with their parents. Find out why it matters and how Railway Children supports family-based care across the UK, India and Tanzania.

We're proud to highlight how our initiatives are empowering young girls in vulnerable communities.

Subira is a family project worker for Railway Children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Here is an exploration of her work and the impact that it has as she supports street-connected children and reunites families.

No child wants to survive on the streets. And, through understanding and empowerment, together, we can ensure no child has to. 

Julia, 24, grew up as a boy but knew, early on, that the gender she’d been born into was not who she was. Here, she talks to Youth Platform about her journey, and what she wishes she’d know as a ten-year-old boy. 

Reflecting on the unique strengths different minds bring to Railway Children and the rich potential of the neurodivergent young people we support.

In India, Railway Children is reaching some of the most vulnerable young people through a powerful and proven approach: peer leadership.

Read our guide to claiming your compensation and learn how to easily donate it to vulnerable children.

Martha's story shows the amazing change girls can create when they're given the chance.