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Street children can be found in a large majority of the world's famous cities, with the phenomenon more prevalent in densely populated urban hubs of developing or economically unstable regions, such as countries in Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.
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 ...
A street child in New Delhi.. A street child is a child "for whom the street (in the widest sense of the word, including unoccupied dwellings, wasteland, etc.) has become his or her habitual abode and/or source of livelihood; and who is inadequately protected, supervised, or directed by responsible adults".
Kids Street is an American pay television channel operated by 2042 Media USA, LLC aimed at the 3 to 7-year-old Latino market in the United States. [1] History
Articles relating to street children, poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village UNICEF's definition covers boys and girls, aged under 18 years, for whom "the street" (including unoccupied dwellings and wasteland) has become home and/or their source of livelihood, and who are inadequately protected or supervised.
Harvey Girls Forever!, originally titled Harvey Street Kids in its first season, then retroactively retitled, is an American animated comedy television series produced by Brendan Hay and Aliki Theofilopoulos for DreamWorks Animation Television, and is based on comic book characters from Harvey Comics. [1]
Some street children take drugs as often as once a day. [2] A 1997 study estimated that up to 40% of street children had used drugs in the past. Other reports suggest that 66% to 85% of children had used inhalants, and 3% had used marijuana and methamphetamine (known locally as "shabu"). [10]
As such, the number of street children declined markedly. Around 2004, about 500 children lived permanently in the streets of Bucharest, while other children (less than 1,500) worked in the streets during the day, but returned home to their families in the evenings - making a total of 2,000 street children in Romania's capital. [7]