The One Love Boys
Boys who used to live on the street, and who found a home, school and a family at the One Love House.
From the street to home
It all began in 2017: we opened the One Love House to welcome boys we met on the street, sometimes in the rain, with no roof and no family. There were four at first, about twenty in 2020, sixteen in 2025.
To us, they are not beneficiaries: they are sons and little brothers. Our love for them does not depend on what they do or do not do. The road is not always easy: the street still calls some of them, and healing takes time, differently for each one. But we see them change, and grow in wisdom and confidence.
A family life
A home
A roof, meals, clothes and a framework, with rules and routines that help them rebuild.
School
Every year, we enrol them at school, from primary to secondary. At the start of the 2023 school year there were twelve of them, in uniform with their backpacks.
Health
Medical check-ups, care and listening: we look after their health as well as their hearts.
Sport
Football training, tournaments in Matadi and Muanda, matches against the René Descartes school team.
Celebrations
Birthdays celebrated together, Christmas, outings to the park, the pool or the cinema, and a family weekend every year.
Talents
Guitar lessons, singing, and even a short film written and acted by some of them in 2019.
The Boys, year after year
Photos of the One Love Boys, sorted by year. Tap a photo to enlarge it.
Christmas 202214 photos
The Christmas photo shoot at the One Love House: hats, laughter and friendship.
Family photo 20233 photos
The boys, the team and the founders together.
Back to school 20235 photos
In uniform, backpack on, on the way to school.
Every boy needs sponsors.
Sponsorship funds a child’s school, home, food and care, month after month.