You can help us

You can help us in our goal by making a donation or sponsoring one of our children. Our biggest hindrance has been funding. We need your support to help these children complete their education or skills training. It would also help us to reach out to the thousands of disadvantaged children/youth still on the streets. You can make a donation online today, and if you donate over twenty five pounds sterling you can join Youth Alive's 'Circle of Friends'. If you would like to post your donation or pay it directly to our bank account or you have any question about how you can help please email:friends@youthaliveghana.org. To find out more details about sponsoring a child please scroll down this page.

Sponsor a Child Today!

If you sponsor a child you will support Youth Alive to:

* Get a child off the street.

* Put a smile on the face of a needy and desperate child

* Give a desperate child a future.

* We would serve you with our annual report (including financial report).

* We would serve you with updates on your child including pictures (if you are sponsoring a child).

* We would give you any other information (on request).

Sponsor a child today

Our vision is 'A Ghana without street children, where all children have equal opportunities for self-worth and dignity'. This is achieved through the provision of formal education and skills training. We see the phenomenon of streetism not just as a social issue but a development issue and more importantly an issue of human (child) rights. As human beings street children/youth have a right to a life of dignity. Besides providing education skills training, health services, accommodation, food and clothing, we advocate for the recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of children in general, and street children/youth in particular.

Currently Youth Alive is supporting over 400 street and vulnerable children in school at various levels including university, training college, senior high school, junior high school, and primary school. Additionally we are supporting close to 200 street youth (mostly teenagers 15-19 years) to learn trades of their choice, eg carpentry, auto fitting, welding, straightening & spraying, dressmaking, hairdressing, local cloth (northern kente) weaving, sign writing, electrical engineering, etc.

We have graduated over 200 youth in the various trades, assisted them to start their own businesses and they are now training other street youth and community members. Some have been secured jobs from various employers. We have also produce a trained teacher (now teaching the a rural community), a police woman and an auto mechanic with the Ghana Armed Forces.

Please help us and sponsor a child today. The cost of sponsoring a child is 35 Euros a month - it is a small price to pay to give a child a future.

If you would like to sponsor a child please contact Agnes Chiravira by email achiravira@yahoo.com or call 00233 244295842.

You can now also make a secure online credit/debit card donation to Youth Alive via PayPal.com. Click on the donation button to the right to make a donation today.

There is one major problem confronting the people of this country which if not checked and controlled will have serious effect on the economy of the nation. Streetism or street life is something no one wishes to associate with. However, certain situations push children into this kind of life or activities. Streetism can be attributed to so many causes. Most of these children found on the street are people who can become prominent personalities if they are given the opportunity. These children engage in all kinds of activities just to earn a living.