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What we do Since its
inception in October 2006, House of Mercy Children’s
Home has been
actively involved in various social activities including outreach to
homeless
street children and child scavengers, providing mobile kitchen for
homeless
street children and mobile school for child street beggars. Child Street Beggar Programme
House of
Mercy Children’s Home currently has a programme that targets
child street
beggars including children of beggars and disabled persons at the Oko
Baba
Destitute Camp at Ebute Meta in Lagos.
The
programme has two main objectives, the first of which is to raise
public
awareness of child street beggars and the second to provide informal
education
for about 200 child street beggars from Monday to Wednesday from 9am to
1pm.
Of the 200 child street beggars that attend House of Mercy School, a total number of 50 have enrolled in formal education system for the 2009-2010 school year. Homeless Street Children Programme
Street children are
not problem
children; rather they are children with problems.
The aim of
House of Mercy Children’s Home is to: We deeply appreciate
your interest in our charity and cause.
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