Dieudonne has a vision - a café run by street children to help them get off the streets

 

New Generation run daily food, medical and education programmes for street children. To make this project sustainable they want to open a café on their premises that will sell local food and drink (see photo with New Generation founder, Dieudonne Nahimana, showing the proposed café area).

 

New Generation is based in an area of Bujumbura (the capital of Burundi) that is being regenerated after the civil war. Offices and NGO headquarters are being set up, so more people are around and want to buy coffee or grab some lunch. New Generation can provide this service and the café will be run by former street children.

 

We estimate it will cost around £5000 to get this project up and running. UK-based architects FCB Studios have been working with us (through pro-bono support) to plan and design the café.  Once it is operating it should be able to make enough money to fund the food programme for street children and make the entire project more sustainable.

 

Please donate what you can - thank you

David de Paeztron    (Street Action Trustee)