CEO, Founder - Street Child (writing personally)
London, Norwich
Joined October 2014
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This is a candidate for my favourite tweet ever . . .
Third, looking beyond averages, some orgs posted null results, or stark trade-offs between test scores and other goals. But others like @streetchilduk posted uniformly positive results without major unintended consequences, and adhered to the $50/pupil target.
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Essential reading for anyone curious about my thoughts on:
* Incredible importance of localisation, investing in education-in-emergencies & @EduCannotWait
* @streetchilduk rep’g civil society in ECW governance;
* Best sports autobiography of all time …
Proud of ECW & SC ties!
🆕#ECW Interview with @StreetChildUK Founder and CEO, @TomDannatt
"It has been a privilege for #StreetChild to work closely with @EduCannotWait through multiple grants. It is superb to see a prominent commitment to #localization embedded in #ECW's strategy & being increasingly lived out through a growing norm of seeing local orgs playing significant roles in consortia delivering ECW investments."
👉educationcannotwait.org/news…
#KeepHopeAlive @UN_News_Centre @FCDOGovUK @BMZ_Bund @BelgiumMFA @Ulkoministerio @SwissDevCoop #222MillionDreams✨📚
An egregious error has been righted
Only UNRWA can deliver aid at the scale desperately needed in Gaza.
That's why the UK is lifting the pause on UNRWA funding with immediate effect.
Today I met @UNLazzarini to discuss this lifesaving decision and offer condolences for the 197 UNRWA staff who have been killed.
ALT Philippe Lazzarini and Anneliese Dodds shake hands in front of UN and U.K. flags.
ALT Anneliese Dodds sits at a table in her ministerial office in conversation with Philippe Lazzarini
Belated many thanks @UKinSierraLeone for being such a brilliant support for the @streetchilduk Sierra Leone Marathon 2024 - and @LisaJChesney thank you very much for your personal support, it means a lot to all of us!
@streetchilduk, 🇸🇱 runners & Makeni - you did the country proud 🙌 What a vibe! All of us at @ukinsierraleone were delighted to be part of this special day.
Congrats to winners 🏆, participants, marathon organisers & supporters.
Good to meet 🏃🏿from all over the 🌎! 🇬🇧🤝🇸🇱
Calling on everyone who has been to Sierra Leone with @streetchild for any reason ... to support Kelfa’s fundraising page for tomorrow’s Marathon!!
Meet Kelfa, country director of Street Child of Sierra Leone, a familiar face for long-time Street Child supporters and previous marathon runners! 🇸🇱
To celebrate the 11th #SLM, Kelfa will be running the half marathon! Follow the link below to support!
justgiving.com/page/kelfa-ka…
Big honour for @streetchilduk to be asked to serve in the governance structure of UN’s @EduCannotWait V.committed to making biggest difference possible through this position! Was great to be in DC last week for my 1st ECW High Level Steering Group meeting, chaired by @GordonBrown
📣@StreetChildUK appointed to represent the International #CSO members in @EduCannotWait Governance!
#StreetChild will work to support #ECW & strategic partners in delivering effective immediate #EiEPC responses + building sustainable local capabilities.
📽️ @TomDannatt at #HLSG Meeting.
Really looking forward to this lunchtime IWD listen on Friday … great line-up! Do sign up if you’d like to join …
Join us this #IWD to inspire inclusion and champion local voices. 🌟
Sign up to our webinar to celebrate the incredible work of our local partners and the work of influential women who are driving efforts to achieve gender equality around the world! 🌍
tickettailor.com/events/stre…
I am the (proud) son of a soldier
My boys play soldiers
But absolutely no child should actually be a soldier - that thought makes me shudder
No part of the work of @streetchilduk make me prouder than the help we give children formerly with armed groups
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-w…
Deep down I think many of us wonder, does giving to a charity really make a difference? This might help - @A_Loyd_Times talking with Alima, one of the 1st ever girls @streetchilduk helped in 2008. Then she was a teenage sex worker. Now a hairdresser, employing former sex-workers
🎙 PODCAST: @A_Loyd_Times returns to Sierra Leone and encounters a young woman from the streets, who would have long been dead by now, were it not for the conversation she shared with social workers on the inaugural mission of @streetchilduk.
On #StoriesOfOurTimes ⬇️
&/or read the extraordinary article he wrote about the conversation in The Times earlier this month thetimes.co.uk/article/stree…
Happy Christmas everyone - & thank you v.much for all your support for @streetchilduk this year! Here are some notes from me on some of the best bits -
2023 has been a year of huge momentum and growth for Street Child. As the year comes to an end, Tom Dannatt, Street Child’s CEO and Founder writes to wish you all a Happy Holidays and to share some of Street Child’s achievements in 2023.
🔗 street-child.org/news-media/…
So important. Thanks very much for organising this -
Reports in early December show that 352 school buildings in #Gaza have sustained damages - representing over 71% of all schools.
Our national coordinator will be speaking on the dire situation for children's education.
📅 20 Dec, 12pm UTC
💻 Register: rescue.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
Not going to lie, this is an exciting moment for @streetchilduk ... but the best part of today so far for sure: Ipswich 2 Norwich 2, keeping that @canaries unbeaten run in El Tractico since 2009 ..!
Thanks as ever @susannahhares ! Hope all well, Happy Christmas!
Just donated and excited that my contribution will be doubled by @FCDOGovUK . Here’s one reason why I support @streetchilduk
teapawt.net/justinsandefur/status/…
Tom Dannatt retweeted
The UK Government is matching donations to @streetchilduk’s Christmas Appeal with @thetimes to help 4,500 children in Sierra Leone stay in school.
Donate now and we will match pound-for-pound up to £500,000 donated by the public.
street-child.org/times-appea…
ALT TEXT: UK Aid Match + Street Child = Donations Doubled
Tom Dannatt retweeted
Poverty forces children in Sierra Leone to leave school early, particularly girls and those with disabilities.
Give now to @streetchilduk’s Christmas appeal with @thetimes. Your donation will help keep vulnerable children in the classroom: street-child.org/times-appea…
#UKAidMatch
Exciting news! Donations to our Christmas Appeal, supporting children’s education, will be matched by @FCDOGovUK up to £500,000 between 15 Dec & 31 Jan🎉With additional funders, the first £225,000 donated will also be matched, tripling impact. Learn more: street-child.org/times-appea…
Beyond exciting really … @thetimes @FCDOGovUK @AndrewmitchMP …. Thank you so much for your brilliant support for @streetchilduk ! Everyone else … we would be so thrilled if you could share &/or dig deep - so we can help as many children to be ‘safe, in school & learning’
Exciting news! Donations to our Christmas Appeal, supporting children’s education, will be matched by @FCDOGovUK up to £500,000 between 15 Dec & 31 Jan🎉With additional funders, the first £225,000 donated will also be matched, tripling impact. Learn more: street-child.org/times-appea…
Lots of wonderful charities being supported via UK newspaper Christmas appeals this year, as ever. But apparently/so far, only one working internationally. Lucky it is a good one ..! @streetchilduk @thetimes fundraising.co.uk/2023/12/11…
Thank you very much @A_Loyd_Times for telling the story of Alima, and of some of her colleagues from the streets of Makeni 15 years ago, so vividly & movingly - and, as you note, by extension also telling some of the early story of @streetchilduk & @street_leone !
Back in Sierra Leone, with so many memories, helping to put some shoulder to the wonderful work of Street Child @streetchilduk and their charity appeal. thetimes.co.uk/article/stree…
Thanks very much @KayBurley & @SkyNews for having me on this morning - to talk about how @streetchilduk have made a difference to the safety & education of 1m children worldwide since 2018 ... And how with everyone’s help, we are committed to supporting millions more!
"We know that without education life's opportunities are incredibly narrow, but if you get even a basic education everything is possible."
Our CEO @TomDannatt spoke with @SkyNews today about our work supporting marginalised children everywhere. Watch👇🏾
youtu.be/xVQ5yKPLqjk?si=I6IL…
