They have no home , no identity and no one to care. They have their own way of life. The streets for them are more than their family and has become their real homes.
According to Iran’s Daily Dowran Emrooz there are around 25,000 to 30,000 children...
Tag - Street Children
Living a barren life with no hopes, no restrictions, nowhere to go and no one to turn to – this is the life of the street children of Brazil. They are born to live an abandoned life on the streets.
There are around 8-10 million children leading this...
At Home in the Street, authored by Tobias Hecht, speaks about the violence and everyday life of street children of Brazil. The study peeps behind challenging life of the street children.
The book gives the voice to children to tell the world about their...
These days Uganda could be seen sifting out beggars from the capital. Why? Because the country has to pave way for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, that is to be scheduled, in November.
Most of the people that have occupied the streets...
Nearly 300 street children are at a risk of becoming prey to sexual predators in regional cities and country towns of Adelaide.
Former Supreme Court judge Ted Mullighan, QC, asserted that abuse of street children is not a new thing in the region....
Street girls are seen as a socio-economy phenomenon rather then a social category - a phenomenon created by social systems, gender rules, political and economic.
The phenomenon of street children and girls has been a major concern for most areas of...
Children in Yemen are increasingly taking up the occupation of begging, as they do not have any other source of livelihood. This has resulted in the increasing number of street children. Due to the inability of the parents to pay the school fees, growing...
An outspoken man by nature, Aneel Ahmad was so taken in by the sad story of the street children's that he decided to make one on the Pakistani Street Children.
Titled 'Waiting For Sunrise' Aneel have captured the extremely downtrodden life of...
Street Children in Kenya
Hungry Kenyan Children line up for food
Somali Children dying from malnutrition and lawlessness
Child in his mother lap in the drought hit area of Wajid: waiting for their turn of food provided by World...
It was a fatal 'black day' for the land of Bollywood 'Mumbai', when seven blasts within 11 minutes turned the lives of nearly 200 families into a nightmare. The attacks suspected to be carried out by the terrorist groups Lashkar-e-taiba and Simi was...
Reports from ILO sources states of nearly 100,000 children, who are found loitering in the streets across Lebanon. A single visit to the country will introduce you to the nation's vast majority of under aged children, who are working almost in every...
A survey was conducted by Vietnam News/Asia News Network on the life of the street children in Vietnam. They study aimed to find out whether the children’s affected by...
Abuse of street children in Egypt by policemen is something very common. Children are beaten, arrested and sexually abused. According to the Human Rights Watch (HRW), even if the children have committed no crime, they are picked by the police so as to...
A study conducted by jointly by the Ministry of Solidarity and UNICEF in 2001 has revealed the two basic factors pushing Algerian children onto the streets- Firstly, the socio- economic and cultural factors and secondly the security situation. The...
There are around 17 million children between the age group of 10-14 years, living in the streets of Brazil. These children do not have access to health services and education. Kids living in the streets get usually addicted to drugs, so as to subdue...
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