Street kids going back to school: young lady makes it her mission

Jan 23, 2017 Politics 32
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Shantie Aisha Kadango

Street kids in Malawi’s capital city Lilongwe have a chance of realising their dreams through education following charity work that Shantie Aisha Kadango has started aimed at sending the kids to school.

Kadango goes into the streets and identify street kids and then she meets their parents or guardians to know what prompted the kids to go into the streets.

Speaking to Malawi24, Kadango said the idea of removing street kids from the streets of Lilongwe came after she discovered that they lack basic needs such as education and that they are at risk of being exploited.

Shantie Aisha Kadango
Shantie Aisha Kadango: Behind the streets kids.

According to Kadango, it is high time Malawians accepted street kids as players in development by empowering them with education.

“Street kids need not to be ignored. Some of them have quite shocking stories that we need to fight against. They are vulnerable either because they lost their parents or they have irresponsible parents,” Kadango said.

She further said sometimes poverty that engulfed their families drive the kids into the streets to earn a living.

“Let’s join hands in order to reduce poverty by bringing street kids back into the line. This can be achieved by giving them proper education, psychological support and resilience skills to boost their self-esteem,” Kadango said.

Kadango has said that so far she is having twenty street kids but she is focusing on having a lot of street kids.

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32 Comments

  8. Thank you sister for your support osati enawa kukanganilana maudindo,kuzikonda,kuba,ndikuzitenga ngati ‘n’#1 ndikupempha Mulungu kuti akudaliseni komanso alange mbava zonse I mean atsogoleri ozikonda

  12. pofunirapo ndlama awo inu panopa deal ndi wekha mesa ma bungwe anayambaso ena ake zimenzo pano zinatha anari a ndlama zawo ndithu ndipo amane anga watsatirewo onsewo afuna kunya ndlama amabungwe akapereka basi kudya sizingapitiriee ao malawi asakumudziwa ndani kungotiyenda pansi basi mupititsa angati ku xul inuyo mungofuna popezerapo ndlama ngati mwatsekura ophan care

    2. hahahaha uona ngati ndine lova ukunama axe kunari ma bungwe anaziyamba izi andlama kumapatsidwa maiko ena pano sanakwaniritse boma linabweranso poyera kuti ana onse akuyenda yenda mmiseu apite ku xul zinakanika nde awa akwanitsa bwanji ndi mmene malawi ariri pano muona ngati ndi bungwe lanji lingabwere poyera ndikunena kuti aunt tikhara nanu zoyambitsa wakudazi? kukharanso mmalawinso mukunama akufuna ndlama aunt wa! za ma ophan care zinachepa pano alowa mmiseu ukanadziwa mmene anthu akubera ndlama muzintju ngati izi ukanamva chisoni coz ndiri ku boma ko

  13. Wel done sister our country need pple wth character lyk u .Malawians must change the self inrichng altitude we dont hav to watch other pple suffering jst imagine some pple they can spend more than 5000 kwacha for beer in jst one day while other pple such as street kids and orphans has no evn a piece of bread.Does it make u feel happy wen u see other pple starvng?Ar we realy God fearing nation?The power to change the country status iz in our mind so lets change our altitude towards needy pple.Lets close the gap that hav been ther for long tym btwn rich pple and the poor.God bless Malawi

  14. Please make them feel they are really taken care of. Otherwise akhoxa kuxabwereranxo mu mseu. But anyway a good move…. Ambuye azikudalitsani!!!

  20. Thats good idea, but they need full support for them to continue with their education, you know the journey of education it a long journey, and avoid some people who will come with their dirty hands to corrupt the support which will be provided to these children!

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