How The Children Lived Before Safehouse

Without the help of Safehouse, children of Addis Ababa are subject to severe hardship. Desperate conditions at home push children out into the streets, where they resort to begging and prostitution. Forced to spend their days fighting to survive, children must forego education, thus making any escape from the viscious cycle of poverty unlikely.

Here are some scenes of the environment many children in Addis Ababa must face: