uMthombo Street Children is a South African Non-Profit organisation committed to leading street-connected children and youth out of street life towards alternatives, through sports and other carefully constructed activities. In many cases, this means reintegration back into their communities with appropriate family preparation and support. Where families are too fragmented or dysfunctional, uMthombo prepares youth for living productive independent lives. There are no quick fixes due to multiple trauma, but street-connected children and youth can and do transform their lives. uMthombo follows a carefully constructed multi-pronged strategy that has had long-term impacts on many young people's lives.
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Interventions for Durban’s Street Children & Youth
Outreach through sports and psycho-social support, helping street-connected children and youth to heal from trauma, rebuild confidence and hope, and to develop self-discipline and set positive life goals.
Interventions towards Reintegration:
Assessment of family situations and where possible prepare for reintegration; crisis family support and/or referral to specialist support as needed.
Reintegration - Return or new placement into direct or extended family were appropriate and safe, or preparation for independent living.
Aftercare – monitoring and support of child/youth and family after reintegration.
Community Development and Prevention in townships surrounding Durban.
Capacity support for community stakeholders (CBOs, schools, churches, municipal structures) as they collaborate to build community-wide multi-sectoral support systems and advocacy campaigns, to prevent children and youth at risk being lost to drugs and the streets. (Building community safety nets.)
Advocacy and Campaigns
Joint advocacy for improved laws and policies that challenge stigmatisation of street-connected children and youth, and call on relevant authorities to put in place measures to address their needs and support other stakeholders who do.
Campaign 2018-19: ‘It takes a village to raise a child’