In the new episode of our podcast, we revisit the theme of birth registration and hear more from Toybox’s partners around the world who are working with us to support as many street children as possible to obtain their official identity documen

The true cost of period poverty for street children

Apr 26th, 2022 30m 37s

In India, almost 23 million girls drop out of school each year once they start their period. (BBC 2020). In this episode we speak to Sanjay Gupta, Founding Director of CHETNA in India. Sanjay talks us through the everyday challenges faced by gi

Back to school for street children

Sep 1st, 2021 25m 43s

An estimated 90 percent of the world’s school-aged children have had their education disrupted by the pandemic, according to UNESCO. We know that before the COVID pandemic, 1 in 5 children and young people around the world were not in school. T

Why is a birth certificate so important?

Nov 25th, 2020 28m 40s

In the third episode of our podcast series we talk to Toybox CEO; Lynne Morris and Director of Marketing and Fundraising at Toybox; Naomi Lewis. Why these two guests? Lynne and Naomi have been a big part of the Toybox journey when it comes to b

Life on the streets in lockdown

Oct 28th, 2020 23m 28s

In the second episode of our podcast we talk to Naomi Opiyo and Emily Malcolm from the Toybox International Programmes Team to find about the effect of the global pandemic on street children. We’ll find out what’s changed, how Toybox and our ov

Who Are Street Children?

Sep 22nd, 2020 24m 52s

Nobody really knows how many children are surviving on the streets. A UN estimate states that there are 150 million, but the reality is likely higher as street children are often not registered at birth and numbers are said to be rising each ye

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