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The street home
MUSTLE Africa Trust
October 31 , 2008

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Welcome friends to the first edition of The Street Home published by the Zimbabwe based MUSTLE Africa Trust. This new publication is targeted at those working in the community development, education and youth arts fields. The overarching subject matter of The Street Home is vulnerable children and young people living on the streets. By reading this, you can gain different insights from across the world and share practices with others who are interested in giving street youth a livelihood rather than them surviving the hardships of life on the streets.

Zimbabwe's street youngsters face all kinds of problems, including sexual abuse, police harassment, drug abuse, disease, hunger to mention but a few. Street children are denied the upbringing that their peers in affluent and stable families enjoy. Health, access to education, secure shelter and love are rights that allude them.

The Street Home will be a platform for us to share with you our experiences of working with street youngsters in different countries. Let's network and share strategies in helping them to alleviate their plight on the street. We also hope to give a glimpse into some positive developments in Zimbabwe a country that appears to receive only negative news in the international media.

The quarterly free newsletter will also be a platform for you to share your own stories on young people. In here we will also highlight the activities of stakeholders involved with young people and also bring you a global perspective.

Lastly the newsletter will be a media through which street youngsters share stories from their world with us!

In this issue, get to know about MUSTLE Africa and some of the activities we have engaged in. Our featured interview is a glance into the United Kingdom's disturbingly high rate of teenage knife crime. Gee Walker, a brave mother tells of the brutal murder of Anthony, her 18-year-old son. His life was taken in one of Britain's worst racist attacks.

Do share with us your take on the newsletter and what you would like to see featured in the second edition. Enjoy the topics on offer in the maiden issue.

James Robinson (Editor)
mustle.international@googlemail.com

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