“Uncle, give me something to eat.”

No matter which developing city you live in, you are likely to experience this on the streets. From Odessa in Ukraine to Kisumu in Kenya, to Kampala in Uganda, millions of street-connected children across the world are abandoned and left to fend for themselves where they face high risks of abuse: trafficking, unsafe migration, labor exploitation, drugs, domestic violence, and sexual abuse.

The lives of these children are characterized by lack of medical care, no education, hazardous jobs and deplorable living conditions. Just like any child, these children should be in school and enjoy stability and protection. This is the mission of SNS Global.

While there are many factors, poverty and lack of sustainable access to decent education have been identified as the major factors in the increase in the number of street children. Our mission is to provide stable education for these children in a loving environment. 

We work with local faith-based organizations and local governments to construct home-setting boarding schools, furnish them, and staff them. We operate them for three years, preparing them to be self-sustaining before transferring them to a local partner to operate for decades to come.

Help Raise the Roof on our new campus!

Our team has been hard at work preparing our second campus, Calvin Christian School, on the border of Uganda and Kenya. Our goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of the year in order to raise the roof on this new school so that we will be able to accommodate students by February of 2025. You can join us by making your donation today!

Our Model

SNS schools have a social-economic approach. The 500-bed schools are designed to be constructed from donations/grants but to be operated from the schools’ internal revenue after three years of operation.

Our schools serve two populations: privileged children age 3-14 from the community whose families have the financial ability to pay a reasonable amount of tuition, and young leaders who were previously living on the streets. The tuition paid by families meets the operational costs of the school. By year three, revenue from paying students (250) can cover the monthly payroll, provide three meals a day, pay for utilities, and pay for medical care.

Throughout their time at the school, on top of formal education, children are taught different vocations equipping them to be job creators with or without a University degree. Additionally, children who do not have a home spend time in vetted homes during the holidays. This is done on a case-by-case basis, and several factors are considered before a child is attached to a family for homestay.