St George Foundation

Rebuilding accomodation for these children will be our Primary project starting next week. The buildings that you see were demolished in the war but can reasonably easily and cheaply be rebuilt to provide appropriate accomodation. These children were street kids. The foundation rehabilitates them for about a year whilst tracing their families and then rehomes them while still continuing to pay their school fees. The children were either orphaned because of the war or they were child soldiers - whichever, they have been living on the streets and therefore their behaviour is not appropriate for their families to want them back. While the children are resident with the project they learn skills that will become the basis for their re-homing as part of a family. The programme offers them counselling and psychological and spiritual support as well as physical management, schooling and healthcare. The children really welcome us when we go to visit - they are very joyful and Steve always seemed to be buried under a pile of them - spot the purple hat!!