Doesn’t time fly ... ! ⁦Street Child⁩

Thanks very much Kay Burley & Sky News for having me on this morning - to talk about how Street Child have made a difference to the safety & education of 1m children worldwide since 2018 ... And how with everyone’s help, we are committed to supporting millions more!

Thank you very much Anthony Loyd for telling the story of Alima, and of some of her colleagues from the streets of Makeni 15 years ago, so vividly & movingly - and, as you note, by extension also telling some of the early story of Street Child & Street Child Of Sierra Leone !

Lots of wonderful charities being supported via UK newspaper Christmas appeals this year, as ever. But apparently/so far, only one working internationally. Lucky it is a good one ..! Street Child The Times and The Sunday Times fundraising.co.uk/2023/12/11/new…

Beyond exciting really … The Times and The Sunday Times Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Andrew Mitchell …. Thank you so much for your brilliant support for Street Child ! Everyone else … we would be so thrilled if you could share &/or dig deep - so we can help as many children to be ‘safe, in school & learning’

Poverty forces children in Sierra Leone to leave school early, particularly girls and those with disabilities. Give now to Street Child’s Christmas appeal with The Times and The Sunday Times. Your donation will help keep vulnerable children in the classroom: street-child.org/times-appeal/ #UKAidMatch

The UK Government is matching donations to Street Child’s Christmas Appeal with The Times and The Sunday Times to help 4,500 children in Sierra Leone stay in school. Donate now and we will match pound-for-pound up to £500,000 donated by the public. street-child.org/times-appeal/

Thanks as ever Susannah Hares ! Hope all well, Happy Christmas!

Not going to lie, this is an exciting moment for Street Child ... but the best part of today so far for sure: Ipswich 2 Norwich 2, keeping that Sioux Falls Canaries unbeaten run in El Tractico since 2009 ..!

So important. Thanks very much for organising this -

267 is an insane score, just saying!

Happy Christmas everyone - & thank you v.much for all your support for Street Child this year! Here are some notes from me on some of the best bits -

I am the (proud) son of a soldier My boys play soldiers But absolutely no child should actually be a soldier - that thought makes me shudder No part of the work of Street Child make me prouder than the help we give children formerly with armed groups thetimes.co.uk/article/the-wo…

Really looking forward to this lunchtime IWD listen on Friday … great line-up! Do sign up if you’d like to join …

Big honour for Street Child to be asked to serve in the governance structure of UN’s Education Cannot Wait V.committed to making biggest difference possible through this position! Was great to be in DC last week for my 1st ECW High Level Steering Group meeting, chaired by Gordon Brown

Calling on everyone who has been to Sierra Leone with streetchild for any reason ... to support Kelfa’s fundraising page for tomorrow’s Marathon!!

Belated many thanks UK in Sierra Leone 🇬🇧🇸🇱 for being such a brilliant support for the Street Child Sierra Leone Marathon 2024 - and Lisa Chesney thank you very much for your personal support, it means a lot to all of us!

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