More than 600,000 children are living on the streets in Ethiopia, many of whom have been traumatically separated from family not because of neglect or abuse but because of poverty, systemic barriers, trafficking, and exploitation.

When she was only 15 years old, Ayantu* was trafficked.

Taken away from her loving parents and sent to the big city, Ayantu was forced into domestic work.

Passed around from unstable house to unstable house, Ayantu was treated as disposable by everyone she met.

Then, she ended up on the street.

Hawa* always struggled in school, but the older she got, the more she…

Yohannes* (9) was born with spina bifida. His hands didn’t grow…

After his father passed away, Abrham* assumed he would have to drop out…

Belay left home at a young age hoping to find a job to help provide for…