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Street children. Gavroche, a fictional character in the historical novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, is inspired by the street children who existed in France in the 19th century. Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the ...
Facts. Currently, about sixty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-two children are on the streets of Accra struggling to make ends meet. [6] In May 2009, a head count of street children was done in Accra. The result obtained showed that 43% of the total population were males and 57% were females. In Ghana, a large number of street children can ...
The Kimbilio project, set up in 2009, is based in Lubumbashi, D.R.Congo. Kimbilio runs a day centre and four homes for street children in Lubumbashi and seeks to reunite children with their families. [11] In 2021, Kimbilio opened a primary school for former street children and children whose families are on zero or low income. [12]
Children on the streets make up approximately 75% of the street children in the Philippines. They work on the streets but do not live there. They generally have a home to return to after working, and some even continue to attend school while working long hours on the streets. Children of the street make their homes on the street.
There is no clear consensus on how many street children exist in Latin America, mainly because of the difficulties in identifying and defining street children. Some studies claim that as many as 45% of children in Latin America are street children, 75–90% of whom are home-based. [ 2] Number estimates of street children in Latin America range ...
Street Kids International (or Street Kids) was a Canadian-based non-governmental organization founded in 1988 by Peter Dalglish (who was later convicted and imprisoned for sexually assaulting children) [1] and Frank O'Dea. [2] [3] The organization focused on three main programmes for street children: street health, street work and street rights.
Jitegemee. Jitegemee is a Kenyan NGO created for the purpose of aiding street children in Machakos, Kenya. Jitegemee was founded in 2003 by Farah Stockman and Alex Mutiso, and has been supported since by grants and contributions. It is overseen by a U.S. NGO, Jitegemee USA. Jitegemee means "sustain yourself" in Swahili and the program focuses ...
Overview. Children living on the streets often come from a background of poverty and abuse, and a normal childhood is replaced by violence and crime. These children live in tunnels, garbage containers, and basements. In the winter, they take comfort from hot water pipes whose steam provides them with much needed warmth. [2]