How can the Deloitte Street Child World Cup effectively address this huge issue?
There are lots of brilliant organisations around the world doing innovative and inspiring work with street children. The Deloitte Street Child World Cup takes this fantastic work and write it large. Umthombo Street Children, our South African host organisation, which is primarily run by street children, is a good example. Umthombo is helping street children reintegrate into families and communities, enabling them to access education, training them for a positive future and protecting them from abuse. Umthombo, and organisations like it, listen to street children and give their opinions weight. This is what makes their work a success – street children are the experts at street living and best know what can make a difference in their lives. The Deloitte Street Child World Cup holds up a megaphone to the voices of street children so that they are heard by their governments and the outside world. By identifying issues and solutions with the children themselves, we believe that we can work
