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November 6, 2006

Lilongwe street children get new home

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Lilongwe street children get new home
BY DICKSON KASHOTI
02:56:23 - 06 November 2006

The population of street children in Lilongwe is expected to go down following the construction of a K11 million Chisomo Children’s Club, which officially opened its doors on Saturday amid concerns of rampant abuse of children in the country.

Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja Kaluluma officially opened the doors of the magnificent house in the Capital City whose major donor is Maxwell Hart who donated 50,000 Pounds from the sale of his estate through the Tearfund of Actionaid.

Kaluluma said she was concerned with reports that some watchmen in Lilongwe were cashing in on street children by charging a fee when the street kids sleep on the verandas of shops.

“The government would take drastic action against such watchmen. There is no need to charge these poor children, the government would not sit back and watch,” warned Kaluluma.

She commended Chisomo Children’s Club for its programmes on children, which she said are the best and asked other donors to help such institutions other than helping children on the streets.

Chisomo Children’s Club has assisted more than 2055 children to date and 1160 are orphans.

Executive Director of Chisomo Children’s Club Nelson Mkandawire said the institution encourages the government, the public, churches, businesses, schools, communities and families to assume the responsibility of taking care of the street children.

Mkandawire asked the government to take stern action against child abusers, saying of late the press has reported more cases of child abuse which he said was very worrisome and disturbing.

Chisomo helps children move away from dangerous form of child labour that are detrimental to their development.

Chisomo Children’s Club is part of Living Waters Church which has its headquarters in Blantyre.

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