The Chisomo Street Kids Center has been around for a number of years. Those who come to the center have been living out on the streets - either because they have no one else to live with, or, due to physical or sexual abuse have run away from a bad situration. These kids scrounge the streets for food and warmth. They will sleep inside culvert pipes - not just from protection against the elements but also from other street kids and 'adults'. They have a lot of hope and desires - and the willingness and enthusiasm to be able to go a long ways with their lives - if they can have a chance. The Street Kids Center provides that starting chance - getting them off the streets and giving them responsibilities and education, when possible. There is full time staff that live there. Currently the boys dorm is wall to wall with bunkbeds - a very crowded situation. They will be converting another building, that maize used to be milled in, into another boys dorm - to help provide some relief.
Cultural Dancing by the young adults of the center
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