Streetlites

StreetLITES Africa is a charity working with schools in Ghana, Africa to help educate and care for street children.

The "LITES" is an acronym of:

Learning,

Information,

Technology,

Empowerment &

Support to STREET children in AFRICA.

Established Goals

The charity describes their work as empowering agencies to provide computer resources alongside their existing outreach programs. [ [http://www.streetlites.org/ StreetLITES Africa] , accessed 25th January 2007]

Funding & Partners

Funding is provided mainly by donations from the public, the charity also works with partners in the UK and Ghana, for example Refurbit Hull [ [http://streetlites.org/Supporters.html StreetLITES Africa, Our supporters] , accessed 25th January 2007] , in the UK and the Apostolic Church in Ghana. [ [http://streetlites.org/Easter%202006.html StreetLITES Africa, Easter 2006 visit] , accessed 25th January 2007] Central to the project is the Microsoft "Fresh start initiative" which provides the windows licences for the computers. [ [http://streetlites.org/kit.html StreetLITES Africa, kit] , accessed 25th January 2007]

History

The charity was started in 2004 after a visit to Ghana by a group, four of that group now form the trustees of the charity.On their return they decided they could do something to help the needy in Ghana, they observed the abundance of computers and software discarded in the west, and the lack of this provision in Ghana. They contacted local companies and discovered that it was viable to ship computers to Ghana, as a charity. [ [http://streetlites.org/Who.html StreetLITES Africa, Who.] , accessed 25th January 2007]

Since the early days many visits have been made to and from Ghana and the UK, the most significant as a charity occurred at Easter 2006, when a delegation visited the various agencies they had partnered with provided with computers. [ [http://streetlites.org/Easter%202006.html StreetLITES Africa, Easter 2006 visit] , accessed 25th January 2007]

Future Projects

The charity is currently working on a sponsorship project where members of the public may sponsor children associated with the agencies the charity is partnered with. [ [http://streetlites.org/Orphan%20Sponsorship.html StreetLITES Africa, Orphan Sponsorship] , accessed 25th January 2007]

See also

*Apostolic Church
*Ghana

References

External links

* [http://www.streetlites.org StreetLITES.org]
* [http://www.refurbit-uk.com/ Refurbit Hull]