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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Timorese teens work the streets as violence rises Agence France-Presse
AFP, Dili, Jan 21, 2008 www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/01/21/2003398161 [accessed 9 May 2011] Tout arrived here with two brothers and together they work the streets daily selling inexpensive items such as snacks, soft drinks, cigarettes and sweets. Tout's 17-year-old brother completed elementary school but his younger brother, 14, had no schooling at all. The three came to Dili with US$60 from their widowed mother and a three-wheeled cart, and rent a room for US$15 a month. "My mother wasn't able to pay for our school anymore," Tout said. "I'm sad, because I can't continue my education like other children and so I've lost the chance for a better future, but I have no other choice," he said. With a profit of US$10 to US$15 each day, the three can send around US$150 home to their mother each month. Typically the money children send home supports not just their immediate but also extended families. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Timorleste.html [accessed 9 May 2011] Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61607.htm [accessed 2 February 2011] CHILDREN - According to a UN study,
approximately 25 percent of primary education age children nationwide were
not enrolled in school; the figures for rural areas were substantially worse
than those for urban areas. Only 30 percent of children in lower secondary
education (ages 13 to 15) were enrolled, with an even greater difference
between urban and rural areas. At least 10 percent of children did not begin
school. These statistics were fairly consistent for both male and female
students. Timorese teens work the streets as violence rises Agence France-Presse
AFP, Dili, Jan 21, 2008 www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/01/21/2003398161 [accessed 9 May 2011] Tout arrived here with two
brothers and together they work the streets daily selling inexpensive items
such as snacks, soft drinks, cigarettes and sweets. Tout's 17-year-old brother completed
elementary school but his younger brother, 14, had no schooling at all. The three came to Dili
with US$60 from their widowed mother and a three-wheeled cart, and rent a
room for US$15 a month. "My mother wasn't able to pay
for our school anymore," Tout said.
"I'm sad, because I can't continue my education like other
children and so I've lost the chance for a better future, but I have no other
choice," he said. With a profit
of US$10 to US$15 each day, the three can send around US$150 home to their
mother each month. Typically the money
children send home supports not just their immediate but also extended
families. Timor-Leste: Human Rights
Overview Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade, January 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May 2011] BACKGROUND - HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES - Access to education for
children is also a growing problem, particularly when coupled with an
increase in the number of street children and orphans. Despite these
concerns, literacy rates remain high. There is not yet a juvenile court or
separate prisons for juvenile offenders. Adequate access to health care is
also a concern. Simon and Garfunkel guitar
raises funds for street children Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May 2011] A guitar signed by Paul Simon and
Art Garfunkel raised more than 10-thousand US
dollars for Tools For Change: Children At Risk Fiona Hamilton, Donor Relations Officer, World Vision, 20
May 2005 [accessed 9 May 2011] Beginning this week, 29 children
aged between 13 and 18 commenced full time electronic repairs training at the
Speeches
- Address To The Security Council Meeting On Children In Armed Conflict United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, www.unicef.org/media/media_9759.html [accessed 9 May 2011] There are still many children with
no opportunity to get education. Some of them spend their time on the street
to sell newspapers, CDs and other things to get money. Some children just put
out their hands to ask for money. The money that they get might be used to
pay for their school or they give it to their parents, but some of them are
forced to give the money to those people that threaten them on the streets. Briefing
Paper To Donors Meeting NGO: Children and Youth, The East Timor National NGO
Forum, members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/01junchildren.htm [accessed 9 May 2011] STREET-CHILDREN - Some work has begun with these children by church
groups and NGOs, mostly volunteers. However, there is a need for substantive
projects to help these children back to school and into their
communities. Some groups have been
working towards a center in Dili to develop training, school opportunities
and activities for these children, but have been delayed by lack of
resources. Vulnerable
Report - AlertNet, 07 Mar 2003 [accessed 9 May 2011] Urgent measures are needed in HIV/AIDS
prevention. Extreme poverty, the large number of street children and
prostitution could lead to an unprecedented explosion of the epidemic. The lack of educational materials and a
shortage of qualified teachers, the absence of a defined curriculum and the
difficulties associated with re-introducing the Portuguese language are
challenges that will take years to overcome. All material used herein
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