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Sociologist Reveals Misperceptions [accessed 28 August 2012] Most adults in
Bosnia-Herzegovina think that the majority of its street children are Roma,
and that Roma beg primarily by tradition.
Prejudice against the Roma has led people to think that there was
little point to trying to help these street children, when, in fact, the
street children come from all ethnic groups. - htsccp ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF
- Bosnia and Herzegovina www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bosniaherzegovina.html [accessed 7 April 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/bosnia-herzegovina.htm [accessed 23 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Roma children beg on the streets in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61640.htm [accessed 23 January 2011] CHILDREN
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Education is free and compulsory through age 15; however, parents were
required to pay for textbooks, lunches, and transportation, which some
families could not afford. A lack of reliable monitoring and statistics on
enrollment and drop-out rates hindered efforts to ensure that school-age
children received an education. Children with special needs were legally
required to attend regular classes, but schools were often unable to
accommodate them. Except for Roma, almost all children finished primary
school through the 9th grade; the completion rate was lower for secondary
school. Boys and girls attended school equally. According to the
country's annual Helsinki Committee human rights report, up to 70 percent of
Romani children did not attend school regularly. Many Romani children were
unable to attend school because of extremely poor living conditions, lack of
proper clothing, and the inability or unwillingness of families to pay
school-related expenses. Verbal harassment from other students, language
problems, and registration costs and requirements also contributed to the
exclusion of Roma from schools, despite the desire of many parents to enroll
their children Child begging was
common in some Romani communities; infants (with adults) and children as
young as four were sent out to beg on street corners, often working 10 or
more hours per day in all weather conditions. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child, BiH UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3
June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/bosnia2005.html [accessed 23 January 2011] [65] The Committee is
concerned at the information that a significant number of children,
especially Roma, are living or working on the streets, that the majority of
these children are under 14, that most of them do not attend schools and
nearly half of them appear to be ill. Furthermore, the Committee notes with
concern that the work performed by these children is often harmful and
exploitative and that many of them are compelled or forced to work. CRC 39: NGO
Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC News, 9/05/2005 www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5632&flag=news [accessed 7 April 2011] CHILD PROTECTION AND SPECIAL PROTECTION - The number of street children was not especially high, but 90% of street children were forced to beg and more than 10% of them were abused or used in some way or another. BiH was planning to introduce new measures through the police to trace them. Sharing The School
Bench: Getting Roma Children Into School United
Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, 7 October 2004 www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bosniaherzegovina_1895.html [accessed 7 April 2011] Last year, the
ranks of children on the streets of Child Sex Trafficking Study By CU-Boulder
Sociologist Reveals Misperceptions [accessed 28 August 2012] Most adults in
Bosnia-Herzegovina think that the majority of its street children are Roma,
and that Roma beg primarily by tradition.
Prejudice against the Roma has led people to think that there was
little point to trying to help these street children, when, in fact, the
street children come from all ethnic groups. - htsccp Proposal
for Funding by Private Foundations and Benefactors, October 06, 2000 www.medjugorje.org/bethesda.doc [accessed 7 April 2011] The Bethesda
Project is a human development project aims at giving back to orphans, and
street children and their families the dignity they need to keep on with
their life by providing them new appropriate housing; school attendance for
boys and girls; health and psychological support; sports facilities; training
in handicraft skills and creativity; participation in livestock, farming and
gardening activities; fine arts talent development and; spiritual
development. All
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