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The work of the Tigers Club Project has expanded rapidly over the past few years. The success of the programme to date has opened doors and encouraged us to explore further ideas and dreams in an exciting new phase of growth.

We hope to develop our existing programmes in many different ways. Strengthening the capacity and scope of the Halfway Home is one of Tigers priorities at present, a process which will also expand and increase the effectiveness of the Foster Care Scheme to benefit an ever-growing number of boys who cannot be resettled into their own families.

The Tigers Club Project also hopes to initiate prevention work in different regions of Uganda, with a view to reducing the number of children running to the streets of Kampala in pursuit of a better life. During a pilot phase, we hope to explore criteria for identifying children genuinely at risk of leaving home and to work closely with them and their families in addressing the issues which could lead to the child turning away from the family. Community-based awareness raising and educational activities will further sensitise children and young people in rural areas to the nature and danger of city life, and challenge some of the misconceptions about the opportunities it offers.

The Tigers Club Project has also been invited to consider replication of the programme in other African cities, for example Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the coming years, we hope to conduct focused feasibility studies, to explore the need for and relevance of different parts of Tigers work in the different socio-cultural and political context of other African countries, where the problems facing street children and all those who work with them may be different from realities encountered in Uganda.

Last but not least, the Tigers Club project hopes to be able to strengthen Advocacy and networking at the local, national and international level by working even more closely with other organisations, advising them on strategies and approaches towards working with street children and ensuring complementarity, rather than duplication, of efforts. The Tigers Club will also continue to offer support to Oasis Trust in designing suitable programmes for street girls and child prostitutes.

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