Organisation aims and activities: Streetwise South Africa seeks to reconcile street children with their families, and by offering aid to children who cannot be returned home. They offer outreach programmes which entail provision on the streets of primary health care, education, nutrition and advocacy.
Operational level: National
Works with age groups : Children 5 - 18
Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation
Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations, Research child rights, Undertake legal casework on behalf of children, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations
Areas of expertise: Child labour and working children, Children and education, Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children without parental care, Children working and living on the street
Countries in which this organisation works: South Africa
Other organisations based in South Africa:
- Allafrica.com
- Anex CDW
- Centre for Early Childhood Development
- Centre for School Quality and Improvement
- Child Abuse Treatment and Training Services
- Child Care South Africa
- Child Guidance Clinic
- Childline South Africa
- Children First (South Africa)
- Children NOW Network
- Children's Rights Project, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
- Christian Children's Fund - South Africa
- Clare Ellis Brown Pre-Primary School
- Department of Child and Youth Care, Durban University of Technology
- Disability Action Research Team
- Film and Publication Board
- Global Campaign for Education
- Human Sciences Research Council - Programme for Development Research
- Idasa: Budget Information Service - The Children's Budget Unit
- Institute for Security Studies
- IRIN/PlusNews
- JMC
- Le-Shika Development and Training Consulting (Pty) Ltd
- National Children's Rights Committee
- National Institute for Public Interest Law and Research
- Ndlovu Medical Trust
- Network Against Child Labour
- Network of Sex Work Projects
- NPA Monitoring Task Group
- OLIVE LEAF Foundation
- Perpetual Care Trust: Hugg Home Project
- Primary Open Learning Pathway Trust
- Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Sithabile Child and Youth Care Centre
- South African Government Department for Justice and Constitutional Development
- South African Law Commission Project Committee On The Review Of The Child Care Act
- South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Training and Resources in Early Education
- Treatment Buddy Action
- U Managing Conflict
- UNICEF South Africa
- Valley Trust
- Youth Support Programme
Organisations working in similar fields:
- GOAL Ireland
- 4 Nations Child Policy Network
- Action for Children in Conflict
- Adventist Development And Relief Agency
- Afghanistan Independent Human Right Commission
- Africa - Wide Movement for Children
- African Aid Organization, Inc.
- African American Juvenile Justice Project
- African Child Association
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- Agência de Notícias dos Direitos da Infância
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Amnesty International Children's Human Rights Network
- Anita Home
- Artists United 4 Childrewn and Youth Development (AUCAYD)
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Enfance et Vie
- Association for the Promotion and Progress of Children in Khenchela
- Association for the Protection of Women's and Children's Rights (APWCR)
- Association for Welfare Activities and Rural Education
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Autre Vie
- Azerbaijan NGO Alliance For Children’s Rights
- Barnardo's
- Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency
- Campaign For Child Rights
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Carrefour de Développement
- Carrefour Tiers Monde Togo
- Casa Alianza UK
- Catholic Action for Street Children
- Caucus for Children's Rights
- Center for Human Rights
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Centre des Enfants Déshérités
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Reproductive and Family Health
- Centre for Rural Education Research and Development Association
- Centre for Women and Children's Rights
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia
- CFG International
- Chakali Welfare and Development Alliance
- Cherish the Kids Liberia
- Child Helpline Cameroon
- Child Helpline International
- Child Legal Aid Centre
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Child Rights Trust
- Childline India Foundation
- Childline South Africa
- Children and Women Empowerment Society
- Children Center International Liberia
- Children Concern Organisation
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children of the Andes
- Children Today Centre
- Children's association of Armenia
- Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania / Defence for Children International - Albania
- Children's International Summer Villages Côte d'Ivoire
- Children's Rights Group International e.V
- Children's Rights Network
- Children's Rights Project, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
- Children's Welfare International
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Conforti Community Aid Children Organisation
- Consortium for Street Children
- Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
- Cruz Roja Española
- Curious Minds
- Defence for Children International
- Defence for Children International - Nigeria Section
- Dogodogo Centre Street Children Trust
- Dream Africa Volunteer Service
- Education for Development
- Educational Trust Of India
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- Espoir pour les Enfants
- Ethio Child Focused Association (ECFA)
- European Foundation for Street Children Worldwide - EFSCW
- European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights
- Flying Kites
- Fondation Chretienne des Enfants Campagnards d'Haiti
- Forum for Rehabilitation and Integrated Development Approach by the Youth
- Free World foundation
- Fundacion Paniamor
- Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child
- Ghana Working and Children's Protection Association
- Global March South Asian Secretariat/CWIN Nepal
- Good Neighbours Care
- Grupo Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño, GIN-PERU
- HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
- Heart of a Child Foundation
- Human Development and Research Organisation
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
- Humanitarian Action Foundation
- Initiator Human Development Foundation
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- Janakalyan Samity
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Jonathan's Child Care Center Sierra Leone
- Joy for Children - Uganda
- Jubilee Action - UK
- Kanifing East Youth Development Society
- KidsRights
- Kindernothilfe
- Kindernothilfe (Africa Representation Office)
- Kinderombudsman
- Liberal Assocation for Movement of People
- Live Alive Foundation
- MAHILA ACTION
- Mahila Rural Development Youth Society
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Maji Mazuri Children's Center
- Malaysian Children TV Programme Foundation
- Manav Kalyan Sansthan
- Meerut CHILDLINE
- Mental Health Foundation
- Mkombozi Centre for Street Children
- Mothers' Rural Care for Aids Orphans
- Municipal Organisation For Social Intervention And Health
- Muuga FM
- National Association of Non Governmental Organisations
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- National Institute Of Public Cooperation And Child Development
- New Hope Foundation
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- Niger Delta Academic Foundation
- Nigeria Youth Foundation
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Nous les Enfants
- Office of the Children's Advocate - Jamaica
- Office of the Commissioner for Chidren
- ONG Espoir pour les enfants
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- Padang Lutheran Christian Relief
- Pakistan International Peace & Human Rights Organization
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children
- Parlement des Enfants de Cote d'Ivoire
- Parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire section daloa
- People's Action in Development
- People's Council For Social Welfare
- Philippine Resource Network on Child Protection
- Plan International - India
- Plan International Egypt
- Plan International Kenya
- Plan Tanzania
- Progressive Initiative for Cameroon
- Project OutReach - Thailand
- Qendra FEMIJET SOT
- Rainbow Children in Need Welfare Organisation
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Regional Working Group on Child Labour
- Relief Society of Tigray
- Rescue Children's Ministry - Sierra Leone
- Rescue Dada Centre
- ROOT WORK FOUNDATION
- Samundra Devi UNESCO CLUB/ Nepal
- Sanctuary of Living Springs
- Sanlaap
- SARTHI
- Save the Children - Papa New Guinea
- Save the Children Canada
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - Thailand
- Save the Children Sweden Denmark - Bangladesh
- Save the Children Switzerland
- Save the Children UK
- Save the Children UK - Office for South and Central Asia Region
- Save the Children UK - Sierra Leone Office
- Seyaj for Childhood Protection
- Sierra Leone-Canadian Children's Aid Society
- SIMA Community Based Organisation
- SKCV Children's Trust
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Society for the Protection for the Rights of the Child
- Socio-legal Aid Research and Training Centre
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- Somaliland Lawyers Assocation
- SOS Children's Villages International
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- Srimangal Foundation
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- Stepping Stones Nigeria
- Tanzania Child Rights Forum
- Tanzeem-E-Nau-Jawana
- Tearfund
- Terre des Hommes - Spain
- Terre des hommes Italia
- The African Child Policy Forum
- The CRADLE - The Children Foundation
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- Think Youth Independent Association
- UNICEF
- UNICEF - Belgique
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- UNICEF - Cambodia
- UNICEF - Cuba country office
- UNICEF - Ethiopia
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Malaysia
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF New Zealand
- UNICEF Pacific
- UNICEF Podgorica
- UNICEF Togo
- Upakar Educational Society
- Vision and Hope Foundation
- Viva
- World Human Rights Commission (Trust)
- World Vision - Dominican Republic
- World Vision - Japan
- World Vision International - International Liaison Office
- Youth Against AIDS and Poverty Association
- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
- YuvaLok Foundation
- Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children
Last updated 12/09/2006 06:38:56
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