Korte beschrijving van het project
Straatmeiden met hun baby's (doelgroep) bescherming geven en hulp bieden.

Doel van het project
De doelgroep helpen bij het opbouwen van hun toekomst.
Het geven van voorlichting in algemene zin, onderwijs aanbieden alsmede het leren van een vak/beroep vormen hierbij de instrumenten.
Praktische hulp wordt geboden middels het aanbieden van dagopvang voor de baby's.

Huidige stand van zaken
Het project voorziet in een grote behoefte.
De problematiek is complex en niet eenvoudig op te lossen.

Behoeften van het project
Geldelijke ondersteuning zal vooralsnog noodzakelijk blijven.

Contactpersonen van het project
Street Girls Aid
Director:Vida Asomaning Amoako
Colinda Janssen (SMA)
P.O. Box CT 5508
Cantonments Accra
Ghana
Partners: UNICEF, Street Child Africa and Danida
In Collaboration with: Catholic Action for Street Children (CAS) and
The Salvation Army.
Bank: Barclays Bank, High Street, Accra, Ghana
Name: Street Girls Aid
Account no.: 2623727
Tel: (233-21) 226089, 233132
E-mail: sgirls@ighmail.com
Website: www.binternet.com www.cas-ghana.com

Donaties:
Indien u een donatie wilt geven ten behoeve van dit project, dan kunt u een bedrag over maken op de rekening van de Bresillac Foundation, ABN AMRO rekeningnummer 40.06.14.030 te Arnhem, zulks onder vermelding van credit nr. 300.404.

Street Girls Aid
Street Girls Aid (S. Aid) is a Ghanaian NGO, which was set up primarily to work with and help street girls. S. Aid was started in 1993-1994 by Response (a local umbrella NGO aimed at protecting the street child) and was handed over and constituted in its present form since 1995. S. Aid is located in East Mamobi near the Urban Aid Clinic in a quarter known as Kawu-Kude.

Aim
Our aim is to provide assistance to girls and their babies living on the street of Accra and therefore need protection. Our mission is to promote the well being of girls and/or their babies living on the streets of Accra by providing information and services on prenatal, delivery and early childhood care and development this S. Aid does through the house of Refuge and the crèches.

Objective
Our objective includes doing any such thing that may be beneficial or be in the general welfare of the street girl and/or her baby to make her a productive citizen of the country. Girls who visit the house of refuge are provided with counselling and advice when needed and are encouraged to continue their formal and non-formal education in schools, technical institutions and apprenticeship placements, which includes learning to read and write. This S. Aid does by organizing Street Corner Literacy Classes.

Our objective also includes rehabilitating those girls who wish to be united with their families, assisting street girls (with the help of employers) to improve their skills and to help them find jobs because S. Aid deals with young mothers and babies it has an important objective: to provide street girls with facilities to start/expand their small businesses and offer them business advice.

S. Aid provides assistance to street mothers who would otherwise have their babies saddled at their back for the whole day while they are at a work a means of relief by providing caches in different localities; S. Aid has over the years established training centres namely dressmaking, hairdressing, cookery and batik/tie and dye. These centres are open daily and are structured to meet the needs of these girls.

In S. Aid the refuge is seen only as an extension of the work staff do on the street thus on a daily basis staff visit the various places they work in that is around the market centres and lorry parks establishing contacts with the street girls and befriending them. S. Aid believes that the children are on the street not because they are bad but due to push factors in the home. To blame a 13 year old who is pregnant is most unfortunate, especially once you understand the emotional strain this child mother faces.

Her name for the purpose of confidentiality is Adiza. She is 13 years old and has a 4 months
old healthy baby boy. If you gave her a quick look you would say that she is a young woman
and move on. But, Adiza is still a child wanting very much to play as her other peers would, she cannot do so because she has to look after her baby.

Adiza is afraid to go back home because she has not been officially married to her child's
father and thus she and her child face possible rejection back home. Adiza's story is by no means different from the many stories we hear on a daily basis. Which ever way we turn these girls are still our girls and our problem.