Our 2022/23 annual report shows a year of rapid growth for Street Child. With a record-breaking income of £20m and programmatic investment at a record high of £17.4m, we were able to reach thousands more children. This year was also our first foray into events on the world stage, including a presence at Davos (twice in one year!) and the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
We were delighted that Street Child’s ability to deliver quality education programmes was recognised by the Library of Congress, the world's largest library, in September 2022, who awarded the charity The David M Rubenstein Prize. This recognises Street Child’s outstanding and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels in multiple parts of the world.
Among our programmes, three stood out in in regard to impact, expansion and quality: Ukraine, Afghanistan and West Africa.
You can read the full annual report here or read some programmatic highlights below.
One of Street Child's main programmatic successes in 2022/23 was in Ukraine, where we showcased our capacity to respond swiftly and grow rapidly despite lacking prior presence in the region. Street Child launched its rapid response and a public appeal just one day after Russia escalated the war. We partnered with 21 local organisations, across 17 regions of Ukraine and in Moldova, aiding over 75,000 children. The programmes prioritised child protection, education support, and emergency aid. In December 2022, we launched 'Expanding Education in Emergencies', in collaboration with the UN, aiming to assist an additional 25,000 children and 2,150 teachers for a year.
Despite the escalating restrictions on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, including bans on adolescent girls' education and on female NGO personnel, Street Child persevered. Through our local partnerships, we provided vital interventions benefiting over 146,000 children across 14 provinces. By the end of 2023, through local partners, we were running 13% of non-formal education centres in the country. We continue to deliver education to 56,000 children, including thousands of primary-school girls. Additionally, we offered agricultural training and cash assistance to 3,000 families, reaching 21,422 children and caregivers, to deter child labour or marriage.
In 2022/23 Street Child launched two ambitious programmes in West Africa. Firstly, in partnership with Education Above All's Educate A Child programme, and supported by the Qatar Fund for Development, we launched "Education for Every Child Today" (EFECT) in Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The initiative aims to enrol and retain 96,000 primary-school-aged children in quality primary education by 2026, emphasising girls' education and addressing barriers to school attendance. In our first year we made strong progress, enrolling more than 16,500 out-of-school children in quality primary education with thousands more due to start in the next school year.
Secondly, in Ghana and Sierra Leone, Street Child is involved in the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF), focusing on outcome-driven education programmes with UKAid and the World Bank. Through innovative approaches such as an Accelerated Learning Programme, Street Child is working with 20,000 out-of-school children (particularly girls) to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes to successfully transition children to formal school and retain those children for at least 2 years.