With you by our side we’ve been able to reach and protect thousands of vulnerable young people in Tanzania, India and the UK.
These are just some of their stories...
Eight-year-old Keshav enjoys school, where his favourite lesson is Hindi. "I love listening to the poems the teacher recites," he says.
But, until recently, Keshav was not attending school.
Instead, with his father earning only a very basic wage, Keshav spent long days collecting rubbish to supplement his family’s income. Like so many of the families we work with, the time and energy it took to make ends meet left little space for education.
Darcy was 14 when she ran away from home.
As the arguments turned to fights and tensions over money escalated, she felt scared and as though she was part of the problem. She boarded a train and ended up lost, alone and far from home on a train station platform with no money and nowhere to go.
Thankfully, a member of the public noticed Darcy and reported her to rail staff.
Shufaa was just four years old when she was separated from her mum and moved over 700 miles away to live with her father and stepmother.
Six years later, her father left home and, without his protection, Shufaa’s stepmother began to abuse and neglect her. Eventually, Shufaa ran away to look for her father but found herself alone and struggling to survive on the streets where she was vulnerable to physical violence, sexual abuse and forced labour.
Thankfully, someone reported Shufaa to a government Social Welfare Officer, who then referred her to us.
Deepak and Manu were just nine and 11 when our outreach workers found them, scared, hungry and alone, selling scrap metal at one of India's largest bus terminals.
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This inspiring 21-year-old went from hopeless to hopeful thanks to the skills and support she received through our Youth Association programme.
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We met Jamie when he was 15, and facing challenges at home and school. He was referred to us after being attacked and involved in drug dealing.
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Our teams first started working with Zoe when she was 14, after officers found her sitting at the side of the railway tracks threatening to end her life.
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Sarika ran away from her auntie and uncle's house when they refused to let her return home to her parents, putting herself in a dangerous situation.
Meet Sarika
Denis was bullied by his stepmother so much he decided he was better off living on the streets, facing a brutal existence full of violence and trauma.
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Kanoni was only nine years old when she found herself living on the street. Her only means of survival became sex work - and the violence that went with it.
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Arshad, aged nine, and Sahil, aged six, were playing in the street but soon became lost and alone at a station in India.
Meet Arshad and Sahil
Ade was just 11 when British Transport Police found him alone on a train. He was in extreme danger and didn't understand the risks he was taking.
Read his story >(Names and identities have been changed and models are used to protect children’s privacy)
