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* Public acceptability: A positive public perception of the children is crucial to elicit public support. There has been improvement in this area but much more needs to be achieved if the organization is to win the kind of support that will attract technical and financial support from the public.
* Advocacy: The street child is only the symptom of the real problem, which is family poverty. The child is essentially the responsibility of the parents. However, the state has the responsibility of creating an enabling environment that offers equal opportunities for parents to earn regular and decent incomes that meet the needs of their children. Influencing government/donor policies and programmes in a way that positively discriminate in favour of the poor is a concern of this organization. This has not been easy.
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Funding
As a independent local NGO (Non Government Organisation) Youth Alive has the responsibility of sourcing its own funds to run its numerous programmes and activities.
At the moment it survives through public donations and grants for specific projects. Currently it receives grants from Afruca and Comic Relief, without their support the organisation would not be able to survive.
Youth Alive is desperate to secure long term funding, as this is the only way it can plan for its long term future.
Below you will see examples of some of the challenges we face :
* Funding: With our expansion to cover the three Northern regions funding has become our biggest challenge. Our geographical growth has led to a corresponding growth in programming yet our resources remain the same. This can affect the quality of our service delivery.