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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Bands Of Children Back On Streets In San José Bands of young thieves, called "chapulines" in Spanish, have reappeared on the streets of San José, mostly in the downtown area and mostly at night. The groups of children number upwards of 30 or more and seem to be directed by adults. Some of the youngsters appear to be only 8 or 9 years old. The youngsters, mostly homeless children, will use their numbers to steal, to roll unwary passersby and to practice aggressive begging. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF - The Big Picture U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The “National Agenda for Children and Adolescents,
2000-2010,” aims to prevent and eliminate the worst forms of child labor and
achieve 100 percent retention of children in basic education by the year
2010. In addition, the Government of
Costa Rica is implementing a national plan to eliminate child labor. The Government is also providing small
loans to families with children at-risk of working. The Government supports a radio campaign
aimed at raising awareness on the plight of street children, and
stay-in-school programs are offered to child victims of trafficking. In April 2004, the government and Save the
Children-Sweden launched an awareness-raising campaign against trafficking
and exploitation at Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2005 CHILDREN - The government, security
officials, and child advocacy organizations acknowledged that the commercial
sexual exploitation of children remained serious problems. PANI estimated
that three thousand children suffered from commercial sexual exploitation and
street children in the urban areas of Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [51] The Committee regrets the
lack of information on street children in the State party’s report, while the
occurrence of children living in the street appears to be widespread. The
concern is accentuated by the fact that, as indicated by the State party, a
high number of street children are addicted to drugs and are victims of
sexual exploitation. Committee
On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) Starts Review Of Report Concerning street children, the
Government had established institutions, which developed alternative living
conditions for children in the street and without shelter. The National
Children's Trust also played an important role in promoting the welfare of
street children through programs of rehabilitation. Already, specific
programs had been executed in Bands Of Children Back On
Streets In San José Bands of young thieves, called
"chapulines" in Spanish, have reappeared
on the streets of Street Children Transformed Into
Ordinary Teens They were society’s rejects. The
street children of HB
Fuller Costa Rica Ordered to Change Labels on Toxic Glue Although they are chemicals,
solvent based shoe glues are the principal "drug" of choice amongst
the estimated 40 million street children in Latin America. Street children,
often as young as just 5 or 6 years old, inhale the potent solvent based
glues to try and suppress feelings of hunger, cold and abandonment. The
toluene or cyclohexane solvents used in shoe glues
cause permanent and irreversible brain damage in the pre-pubescent street
children. Country information: Costa Rica COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF
CHILDREN IN TOURISM -
Children are enticed by promises of well-paid jobs and end up being sexually
exploited for commercial gain. The same fate can befall the street children,
of which there are estimated to be some 8,000 in San José. Casa Alianza Report Reveals
Challenges Ahead www.ticotimes.net/dailyarchive/2002_10/Week1/10-02-02.htm#story_three At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] The long-awaited report on the
state of Street
Children Campaign Launched In Costa Rica 147.000 children in Martha and Angie, both crack
addicts, live on the streets of The second Costa Rican SOS
Children community opened in 2000 in Puerto Limón
on the Street Children Get A Second Chance www.o-21.org/progress/showprogress.asp?recNo=12 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
The Bible Society of Costa Rica is
aiming to change the lives of some of the estimated 143,000 street children
who work the streets of the capital, All material used herein
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