"Lets go!"
With our street outreach program, Midzo, we work with children and youth who are living hand to mouth, and in 2020, due to COVID-19, we increased our street outreach activities from one to three times a week. We are also in the streets of Accra responding to more emergency medical situations—from extreme malaria, hit and runs, HIV, stab wounds, and serious infections. We even implemented a new registration system to keep track of the children we serve, and we registered some of our FOA Children on Ghana's National Health Insurance to cut down on medical expenses.
The Impact Of Midzo
xMonthly Interactions
Emergency Responses
Registered Youth
Receiving Health Insurance
850+
Residents in street situations in Accra that Future of Africa volunteers have interacted with.
10Per Month
Young people on the streets who have received emergency medical care from Future of Africa.
50
Young residents in Accra who, after Future of Africa engaged with them, have registered for a brighter future.
110
Of our registered youth have been signed up for National Health Care in Ghana to stay healthy at less cost.
"Let's heal"
Since 2016, we have taken 32 children and youth off the streets and traced 90% of their families. 100% of the 18 who left our program have returned at least once to ask about being accepted back into the program. We have given multiple second chances, but these experiences have exposed crucial gaps in our program that we are in the process of addressing.
In 2021, we will be making a major push for mental and emotional health services to ensure we are equipping our FOA children with the support they need to begin healing from years of trauma and addictions that lure them back to the streets.
The Impact Of Miahaya
xKids Off The Streets
Staying With Us
Original Families Traced
27
Residents in street situations in Accra that Future of Africa has brought into the Norviwo Community Centre.
23
Young people we've taken from the streets who have decided to stay in the care of Future of Africa.
90%
Of registered Future of Africa youth have had the opportunity to reconnect with their original families.
"Let's learn & let's be established"
The third to fifth years of our program are the most formative, from learning to learn again in Miasrornu, to becoming fully independent and established in Mialike. We are only now entering the final stages with our three former street residents, and we are so proud of the progress they've made.
In 2016, the Founder of our organization and his wife took the first two children from the streets into their own home and enrolled them in school as a pilot for the system we currently have at Norviwo. Cyril recently graduated top of his class in Junior High School and is currently enrolled in a top Senior High School in Ghana.
Choose a Pet Wellness Plan
xFOA Leaders
In School
Volunteer Hours
135
University students engaged with Future Of Africa as volunteers with our organization to give back.
19
Young residents of our Norviwo Community Centre who have enrolled at school or a vocational centre.
10k+
Hours of volunteer work put forward by every one of our Future of Africa leaders as they work to be responsible citizens.
Every moment a child is off the streets and in the classroom is another moment for the Future of Africa.
In 2023, the popularity of Wellness Wednesday among children living in street situations has grown significantly from an average of 15 attendees to a record 47 attendees.
Millicent spent two months living on the streets of Accra after being abandoned by her friend. After meeting representatives of Future of Africa, she was rescued from the street, reunited with her family, and provided opportunities to improve her well being.
Sarina reflects on the memorable interactions she had with street children living in Accra.