“When you have a child, it’s not just your child. It’s the child of the community. From birth onward the mother is not the only one who can look after that child. Anybody else can feed and nurture the child.”

Sobunfu Some

Trustees Dahlia Maarouf - Director Why did you decide to set up Walou?  …His eyes filled up with tears as he reminisced about his family that he hadn’t seen in five years. He’d been living on the streets since he was 6! All I achieved with my naive questions was that they stirred up all the memories he’d been trying to block out. That’s why he sniffed. He tried to hide his cloth doused in glue in his pocket, but I could still smell it on him… Read more...

Layla Shirreh- Trustee

Why Moroccan street children?
….It’s about these children, these children who have absolutely nothing and are completely alone and destitute. It’s scary but the majority have been sexually abused or involved in child prostitution. At the end of the day they are just kids, some as young as three! ... Can you imagine?... Read more...

Maiya Ahmed - Trustee

…But this is more than just a street children’s rehabilitation project. Walou is a community project and hence a community effort, everyone can be involved. These lost generation of street children are all our children and our responsibility as a community. We all have something to offer these kids; a talent, a skill, a hobby, knowledge and so much more… Read more...