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Glad's House

Category: Children and Youth

Many young children, some as young as 3 or 4 years old, in Mombasa, Kenya, are so poor they live on the streets. Life for them is a bleak struggle for survival, where drugs, alcohol and crime are often the only means of escape.  They desperately need help. ‘Glad’s House’ is a young charity that aims to help these street children return to a ‘normal’ way of life. When we have raised sufficient funds we will be establishing Glad’s House, our own refuge in Mombasa.

Our aim is to get as many children as possible back into full time education. For those who can perhaps even places in higher education. For the less academic children or those too old to return to school, we aim to get them into apprenticeship schemes where they can learn a trade. All the older children we will assist in finding gainful employment.

Our Plan

Phase One

1. Provide sports equipment from the UK to Mombasa for the Mombasa Olympic Youths sports programmes.
2. Encourage suitably qualified coaches to volunteer (from the UK) to visit Mombasa and run coaching programmes.

Phase Two

1. Establish a ‘sponsored school place’ programme for educating the street children after their  ‘rehabilitation’.
2. For some street children establish an ‘apprenticeship’ scheme for them to learn a trade.
3. Assist ‘street children’ to find gainful employment.

Phase Three

1. Purchase (or build) a refuge suitable to accommodate 35 – 50 street children.
2. Fit-out refuse with all necessary equipment required.
3. Hire local staff to run the refuge.

Reg no:1115744 Email:contact@gladshouse.com Site:www.GladsHouse.com Phone:01256 766263  Donate direct		Address 10 Middle Mead Hook RG27 9NX		Support by sharing