Trauma-informed intake
Every child is met by a psychologist within 24 hours of arrival. Medical, legal and psychosocial assessments run in parallel during the first week.
Rescue & Care
When a child needs to leave, where they go matters.
For children facing abuse, trafficking or abandonment, we run a small network of trauma-informed safe houses across East and West Africa. Every placement is short-term by design; our goal is always reunification with kin or supported foster care — never institutionalisation.
412
Children placed safely (FY24)
84%
Reunified with kin within 12 months
0
Children in long-term institutional care
9
Safe houses across Africa
How the programme works on the ground.
Family tracing & reunification
Our social-work teams trace kin in 92% of cases. When reunification is possible, we accompany families with 12–24 months of intensive support.
Supported foster care
When reunification isn't safe, children are placed with vetted, trained foster families — never in institutions. Foster carers receive a stipend, monthly supervision and respite care.
Field story
"When Amos came to us he hadn't spoken in three weeks. Six months later, he was back with his grandmother and re-enrolled in school. We still see them every month — that's the part most NGOs skip."
— Dr. Esther Nyirahabimana, safe-house director · Kigali, Rwanda
Where this runs today
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Rwanda
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Burundi
Related programmes
Fund the when a child needs to leave, where they go matters..
A monthly partnership keeps this programme running in fourteen African countries.