Street children come home
Twelve street children come home to the Tumaini Rehabilitation House.
Project detail
Tumaini Rehabilitation Home
Where street children come home and are normal children again.
Background
Goma is a refuge, but also a place where many children end up on the streets.
Poverty, family problems and conflicts cause children to end up on the streets. Tumaini offers a sustainable route back to safety and family.
Why Tumaini
Safety, guidance, education and, where possible, reunification with family.
Approach
A year to learn to live again.
1
To get used to
Peace and rhythm.
2
Recovery
Trauma processing, sports and games.
3
Learn
Literacy, school or vocational training.
4
Reunification
Finding family and follow-up moments.
Video stories
Take a look into the lives of these boys for yourself.
Stories from our boys
Boys talk about how they ended up on the street and what they experienced.
Reunification with the families
After a transformative year, boys return to their families.
Olivier
“The year in the Tumaini Rehabilitation Home completely changed my life. I didn't expect I would ever finish school.”
Olivier was reunited with his family in February 2023.
Olivier was reunited with his family in February 2023.