street children

Street children are a term used to refer to children who live on the streets. They are lived in the streets for years. Street children describe children who live or work on the streets. Some of these children live with their families. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 18 years old, may be increase of 18 years. Street children live in abandoned buildings, cardboard boxes, parks or on the street itself. Street children are those that are not taken care of by parents or other protective guardians. They are seeped in the streets. Street children spend some time in the streets and sleep in a house with ill-prepared adults. Street children exist in many major cities, especially in developing countries. Children of the street actually live on the street (or outside of a normal family environment). Family ties may exist but are tenuous and are maintained only casually or occur

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street children in colombia


Young children living on the streets is a widespread problem throughout Latin America. Lewis Aptekar (1990) claims that this is not as tragic and threatening as some claim that it is. In one study by Paul Velasco (1992), in which 104 street boys in Guayaquil, were interviewed, the following profile emerged. they live in small groups, controlling a territory where they sleep at night under cartons or sheets of plastic. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that more than forty million children are surviving on their own, without parental supervision.

The Colombian term for runaway or abandoned children who live on their own and on the street is gamine to research indicates that the children are not so much abandoned as they are encouraged into early independence.The boys ranged in age from eight to eighteen, with thirteen as the most common age (31%, with twelve and fourteen year olds at about 15% each).

More than half of these boys had seen their parents within the last year. The large majority, 62 percent, had been on the street for less than two years, and on average they had a third-grade education.


The Christian charity is committed to bringing hope to some of the world's most disadvantaged children and building a world where there are no more street children. His is a great plan and there is an opportunity to make a difference immediately. The people there are praying and waiting to see if Toybox will help. " he local government and people have asked Toybox and Red Viva to be part of a new city wide work with street children" .
There is no protection or help for children on the streets in America







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