War and poverty forced Innocent to live on the streets of Bujumbura, Burundi aged 4. He faced capture and punishment from the authorities and aggression from older boys; he would struggle to find food and shelter.
Amos Street Justice partners work with children, using local responses to engage with children, address their trauma, and give them the support they need to leave the streets.
Innocent never thought he would ever leave Burundi, let alone play football representing his country in the Street Child World Cup, or visit the UK to learn English and share his experiences with us at Amos Day 2015.
Innocent now works as part of New Generation’s Outreach team, engaging with other street-connected children currently surviving on the streets.
Our range of resource and fundraising packs, blog posts, downloads and products have been produced to help you find out more about Amos Street Justice.
“The Ukrainian team of eight had not met before the tournament. They may not have been the best team in the world, but they were such huge favourites with everyone as they were so enthusiastic.” As the invasion of Ukraine begins, Amos Director Chris Rose remembers meeting eight of its young people at the inaugural Street Child World Cup.
“Ambulances are queuing up for hours, with seriously ill Covid-19 patients waiting for beds to be admitted. While waiting they are supported with oxygen in the ambulance. Sometimes there is not enough oxygen available.” Paul Sunder Singh from Karunalaya in India writes about the current situation with Covid-19 in the country.
“India is burning. Coronavirus is spreading throughout the country with renewed and devastating force, as new daily cases, at the time of writing, surpass 360,000, and the total death toll passes the grim milestone of 200,000. Funeral pyres are burning in car parks, on pavements and beside rivers, as crematoriums struggle to cope with the influx of the dead.” Karin Joseph writes about the current situation in India.
“Last Monday was International Women’s Day, a global day intended to celebrate women. Just 8 days ago. Since then, a number of things have happened. Meghan Markle shared openly about her mental health struggles and men in the media promptly accused her of lying for attention. A grim milestone was reached, passing a year since Breonna Taylor’s murder by police, in her own home, with as yet no justice served. The UK government are debating a new policing bill which would lead to 10-year sentences for defacing of statues, longer than the average sentence for rape.” Karin Joseph writes about a very difficult week for women in the UK.
Please join us on Saturday 1st October when we are joined by Dieudonne Nahimana, founder of New Generation Burundi, Hamed from Hebron International Resources Network, and Zena Kazeme, head of Sufra’s Open Arms programme for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. In addition to being joined in person by Dieudonne, Hamed and Zena, we will update you on all areas of our work. Book now.
Thank you for those that attended Amos Day 2021 in London or watched the live stream. For those that missed it, here’s the entire day on catch up. Listen again as we update you on all areas of our work including news of our ‘On Location’ art project from Gaza, our plans for International Day of the Girl, our ‘Street Born’ project with Cheka Sana Tanzania as well as some Palestine Justice and Climate Justice news and a special Garth Hewitt concert.
All of the first season of Amos’ Dozen Tuesdays webinars are available to watch again. Featuring hour-long conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including Domenica Pecoraro, Mpendulo Nyembe, Ellen Logan, Emily Reyes, We Are Not Numbers, Manal Ramadam, Marie Christina Kolo and Jeff Halper.
All of the Season 4 Amos@6 webinars are available to listen and watch again. Featuring hour-long conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including spoken-word poet Zena Kazeme, climate activist Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert and Paul Sunder Singh from Karunalaya in India.
All of the Season 3 Amos@6 webinars are available to listen and watch again. Featuring 45-minute conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including Rasha Nahas, Asmaa Tayeh, Ola AlAsi, Amaka Okafor, Taysir Arbasi, Heather Masoud, Masuma Ahuja, Sam Richards, Sadock John, Luca Mee, Zoughbi Zoughbi, Clare Anastas, Alia Malek, Miranda Penell, Robert Cohen, George Zeiden, Diala Isid and Harry Baker.
All of the Season 2 Amos@6 webinars are available to listen and watch again. Featuring 45-minute conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends including Paul and Bakiyam Sunder Singh from India, Liz Mnengwa from Kenya, Dieudonné Nahimana from Burundi, Mpendulo Nyembe from South Africa, Dr Suhaila Tarazi from Gaza, Ruth Daniel from In Place of War, Wisam Salsaa from the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem and Palestinian writer and human rights advocate, Raja Shehadeh and more.
During the 2020 Lockdown, we thought it was more important than ever to continue to talk about the issues that all our partners face, particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a back catalogue of Amos@5 webinars from Season 1 featuring 30-minute conversations with thought-leaders and Amos partners and friends.
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