Salam Project for Street Children started in 2007 with a tiny team of just 2 social workers out on the streets making contact with vulnerable children and youth.  In 2 years, the team has grown to 26 members. 

The project is comprised of various services, developed to address the needs identified for marginalised street children and youth, their families and communities.  The services include a Drop-In Center, an Outreach team, a Residential Shelter (to open January 2010), a Reintegration (Case-Management) Team, Drug Rehabilitation, Vocational Training and a Home Based Production project (on hold). 

We have built a part of these services, and continue to build on them to develop the project further, moving slowly to ensure a sustainable and worthwhile venture.  We have learnt that training, with constant follow-up, produces results, and that a strong managerial staff are the key to a successful project.  

Please click on the links below to learn more. 

Case Management Residential Center School Outreach Drop Center home based production Drug Training

OUR MAIN OBJECTIVES

 

  • To significantly reduce the number of children living and working on the streets of Cairo
  • To provide outreach and drop-in services, as well as a residential center offering holistic care, arts, music, theatre, education, sports, counselling and a familial environment in which children can flourish
  • To provide an environment conducive to development; to instil a thirst for knowledge, provide education within the center as well as reintegration into public schools
  • To provide vocational training services, including job placement strategies with full follow-up and support into job integration
  • To provide alternative livelihood strategies to support mothers wishing to put their children into school
  • To protect children and fight any kind of physical, verbal, emotional and, sexual abuse
  • Reintegration of children into their families and society
  • To build capacity of local staff to enable them to continue this work without foreign involvement


RAPPORTS


El Salam Report July-December 2009.pdf
El Salam Report Jan-June 2009.pdf
El Salam Annual Report 2008.pdf

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS


What is a street child?
Street Children context in Egypt
Why do they live on the streets?
Main risks children face on the streets
United Nations Convention of Rights for the Child