Street Kids

StandUp For Kids: A Hot Meal and Trust on the Street

Judy Ranan | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact


Judy Ranan

Over the months I've come to not only respect the street kids I work with for what they've gone through, but to understand that they are survivors.

Development Street Kids Can Bank On

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.26.2009 | World


Craig and Marc Kielburger

To find a bank still readily giving loans during the financial crisis, you need only look as far as a Delhi train station.

Spare Some Change... Spread Some Hope

Michael Leoni | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Michael Leoni

Every minute in America, 1 kid will run away. Every day, 13 of those same kids will die on our streets. At this very moment, almost 2 million kids are living on our streets and of those 2 million, 650,000 of them are under the age of 15. These statistics are staggering but what's more shocking is the number of Americans who are unaware of this crisis.

Mexico Street Children 'Ban' Considered

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


Children selling gum or washing windshields in the streets of Mexico are as ubiquitous as traffic lights. But a new proposal here would forbid the pr...