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Category Archives: Children
Drug Use on the Street in Jinja: The Shocking Truth
This very blog has in the past reported on the high level of drug use amongst children and young adults living on the street in Jinja. The drug used is paraffin, known locally as ‘mafuta’. To take it, around 30ml … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Drop in Centre, East Africa, Education, Healthcare
Tagged children on the street, mafuta, salve international, sniffing drugs, uganda, uganda children
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Time for some New Years Resolutions … bring on 2012!
Firstly, for those of you reading from the UK or across the world, welcome back to work! Now the last remnants of the turkey (or nut roast) have been used in sandwiches, and the tree recycled for wood pulp, it’s … Continue reading
The night before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house; Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… Well, that’s nearly true. It’s Christmas time, and that means that most of the SALVE Children have gone home for Christmas, … Continue reading
Posted in Children, East Africa, home tracing, street clinics, Swimming
Tagged Christmas, street children, Swimming, uganda
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If you didn’t get tickets to London 2012 don’t worry – just create your own Olympics instead!
The last two weeks have seen S.A.L.V.E. turned into a hive of Olympic related activity. In honour of London 2012 we decided it was time for the first ever S.A.L.V.E. Olympics. There were three teams – China, Mexico and India … Continue reading
A New Start for Magid
Time to go home One of the older children living on the street, Magid (he changed his name to Yazid on the street, common behaviour amongst children who don’t want to be found), was taken for home tracing on Tuesday. … Continue reading
Health, hospitals, needles that break and texts that save lives …
Healthcare Alongside access to education, one of the biggest challenges facing people in Uganda is access to affordable, effective healthcare. In Uganda the government has talked of implementing a system of free healthcare, with a health centre in every district. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, East Africa, Education, Healthcare, Kakira
Tagged East Africa, none re-useable needles, salve international, uganda, ugandan healthcare
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You never know who might drop in…
We have now registered over 70 children through our Street Drop in Centre in just two short weeks of operation. It just goes to show that the number of children living on the streets despite S.A.L.V.E. and other organisations best … Continue reading
The centre of attention
This is a story of three pineapples and one bunch of bananas, 80 litres of clean drinking water, 35 children and more games of cards and ludo than you can begin to count. That’s right: last week saw the opening … Continue reading
Food Glorious Food
We’re excited to be joining thousands of bloggers over the world in World Blog Day! This year’s blog topic is ‘food’ and it couldn’t be more appropriate a topic for the S.A.L.V.E blog this week. Sharing with Children in the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Climate Change, East Africa, Farming, World Food
Tagged #BAD11, Climate Change, Farming in Africa, Food in Uganda, World Blog Day
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Land grabbing, tree planting and Salve GROWING!
East Africa has been making headlines all over the world recently for a variety of different reasons… The Uganda Cranes are taking on Kenya tomorrow in what promises to be a very interesting football game qualifier for the African cup … Continue reading
