The project is located in the National Capital District of PNG,  namely Port Moresby and its surrounds.   The first home of the project is located at Gerehu, Port Moresby.   The target communities, namely displaced and orphaned children generally live in settlements in and on the fringe of the city of Port Moresby.   The settlements are comprised of  makeshift homes made of  basically junk including scrap metals &  card board.

 The physical environment in most settlements of Port Moresby is characterized by overcrowdings, poor or non existent drainage system, lack of appropriate sanitation facilities, inadequate solid waste disposal and poor access to health care and water supply. The conditions in the settlements and areas like Baruni dump are even much worse, if not dehumanizing. No supply of electricity and fresh water, no latrines and disposed dump deposits used as material for construction of the houses are the realities in the lives of the children living there – again mainly orphaned and abandoned children. Children also suffer from malnutrition, and eat only once a day and even than often just rice. They suffer from variety of skin diseases (scabies, tinea etc), anemia, and from variety of infections related to poor sanitation and hygienic conditions and lack of fresh water. There is high prevalence of diarrhorea, worm infestations among this group of children, yet have no access to social services like basic medical care and are excluded from all other services, facing stigma and discrimination when getting involved in crime at very early stages in their lives.

There are a combination of factors that contribute to the increase in numbers of orphaned and street children.  Among them lack of adequate health care services, low income, family breakdown, high unemployment rates and limited government expenditure in  public services and large households all contribute to a growing number of street children. Quick spread of HIV/AIDS infections all around the country is resulting in growing numbers of orphaned children. The declining role of the extended families has produced a number of children who are left on their own from both groups and without adult care and protection end up surviving as street children and are in great need of immediate support.

Given the lack of prospect,  care and protection these children are exposed to great risk of becoming involved in crime at very early stages, some suggest as young as six years old. For various reasons orphaned and street children may be drawn into conflict with the law.   Some children are trafficked for use in illegal activities, such as carrying drugs, petty thievery, street crime, or commercial sex work.

So far, there has been no in-depth research carried out to estimate the growing number of these children living in the settlements, slums, dump sites or on streets in and around POM (for example Baruni dump, 6^th, 8^th and 9^th Mile). The living conditions of these children are extremely poor, while living in huts build up from waste material they can find in dump sites. Majority of them have one meal a day, predominately rice which is very poor in nutrition and hinders normal development of a child.

There is little support for social welfare of children in PNG. Extended family is the only existing social security system for orphaned and abandoned. Until now, there have been very few initiatives to address the growing problematic of street and orphaned children, and there is a great need to establish projects which will provide assistance to the most needed and vulnerable group of children in PNG. They have the right to protection, care and love.  The Strongim Pikinini Project is seen as a positive step taken to salvage this huge growing humanitarian crisis.   This project is critical and essential for future of the nation.