Social Support and the Ability to Adapt to Life Among Brazilian Street...

The Journal of Social Psychology;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THE PROBLEM OF STREET CHILDREN has become increasingly apparent...amp; Lusk, 1995). Whereas some street children maintain contact with their...not provide a clear picture of street children, their social supports, and...

Nigerian Street Children: Security Threat in Edo State

Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The incidence of street children in Nigeria is of concern especially...was designed to learn who the street children are, what their educational...security. Participants included 240 street children, 120 teachers, 120 parents...

Kenya Looking For Solution to Street Children

Xinhua English Newswire;  July 3, 1996 ;     206 words ......co-operate with the government to solve the street children problem. The minister was addressing hundreds of street children, government officials and NGO representatives involved in street children programs here during the Street Youth Festival...

Guatemalan street children in battle for survival

The Boston Globe;  July 25, 1993 ;     694 words ......the murders of as many as 25 street children last week has refocused attention on the plight of street children who are often the victims of brutal...Guatemala City, the number of street children is estimated at between 3,000...

PROTECTING STREET CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD:CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH

Congressional Testimony;  September 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Philippines and Uganda and Zimbabwe. Street children are, tragically, found in almost every...impulse to eliminate petty crime. Street children are used by criminal gangs and then...victimized even further. Worldwide street children number in the many millions, but no...

85 percent street children in Bangladesh get no help

Xinhua News Agency;  December 25, 2004 ;     185 words ...85 percent street children in Bangladesh get no help DHAKA...Xinhua) -- Almost 85 percent of street children do not get assistance from either...present there are more than 670,000 street children across the country. The surveys...

Street Children in Kenya: Voices of Children in Search of a Childhood

Multicultural Education;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...STREET CHILDREN IN KENYA: VOICES OF CHILDREN...0, $55.00, hardcover. Street Children in Kenya provides an in-dep...of the experiences of street children in Nairobi, Kenya. Drawing...affecting families. Most chapters are infused with existential...challenges inherent in studying ...

Neglecting a massive problem: drug abuse among street children

The Hindustan Times;  June 23, 2007 ;     574 words ......deprivation, according to a Unicef report. Street children constitute a marginalised group in...supervision compound the vulnerability of street children. Very little data is available on street children living with HIV/AIDS in South Asia...

New festival aiming to give street children hope.(News)

The Mercury (South Africa);  November 7, 2008 ;     222 words ...BYLINE: GUGU MBONAMBI STREET children are often neglected and shunned...organisations to establish the first street children's festival to offer them support and hope for a better future. The street children's festival committee hopes to...

PROTECTING STREET CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD:SHAY CULLEN

Congressional Testimony;  September 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Philippines to come here, I was working with street children. One particular group led by a Filipino-Americ...deported for working to protect the street children and defend their rights to experience...1998 put the figure at 1.2 million street children about 70,000 of them in Metro ...

PROTECTING STREET CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD:ANDY SEXTON

Congressional Testimony;  September 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ......thank you for holding this hearing on street children. The issue of street children is a global tragedy and a global opportunity...hearing comes at a time when the issue of street children seems to have largely dropped off the...

Pilot project to address street children's woes, THE INDEPENDENT

The Independent (Bangladesh);  August 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 The rapid increase of street children (urchins) in the urban areas, particularly...city and towns. They are called the Street Children . They are living and growing up on...proper care and guidance of adults. The street children live, work and struggle for survival...

Kenyan street children to be trained in Israel

Xinhua News Agency;  July 4, 2003 ;     189 words ...Kenyan street children to be trained in Israel NAIROBI, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A group of Kenyan street children will be sent to Israel for vocational...Karisa Maitha said here Friday. The street children would specifically visit Israel's...

Around 5,000 street children based in Nepal: research

Xinhua News Agency;  April 7, 2007 ;     176 words ...Around 5,000 street children based in Nepal: research KATHMANDU...7 (Xinhua) -- There are 5,000 street children in Nepal and around 400-600 are...reason for the increasing rate of street children are domestic violence, lack of...

Gabonese students found NGO to cater for street children

Xinhua News Agency;  May 21, 2007 ;     188 words ...Gabonese students found NGO to cater for street children LIBREVILLE, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Gabonese...Welfare (MJBES) to primarily cater for street children, their education but more so their...abandoned children, also known as street children. In Gabon, the number of street ...