uMthombo’s work with street-connected young people in Durban: building trust through outreach, group sessions offering space to breathe, and residential camps supporting detox, healing and independent living.

For the last 16 years at Amos Trust, May has meant getting on our bikes and hitting the road. This year, it will be ‘saddle sores and smiles’ as Chris Rose and Meg Williams from the Amos team will be riding Coast-to-Coast to raise funds for Gaza.

Umthombo supports young women on Durban’s streets through detox programmes and Independent Living Programme. Stories of transformation from Ncamisile and Philisiwe show lives being rebuilt with dignity.

Umthombo’s team visits London's Oak Project in Tower Hamlets, inspired by their Durban post-16 programme. Jos adapted residential approaches for young men at risk of school exclusion.

On Thursday 8th October, girls from India and South Africa met online to share their demands with each other; it was a chaotic but fantastic time connecting up girls and young women thousands of miles apart but with many common experiences. They also heard demands drafted by girls in Burundi.