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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Independent Appeal:
Breaking the cycle of abuse in Ecuador Andrew Gumbel, The
Independent, 7 December 2007 [accessed 9 May
2011] Mothers prostitute themselves in full view of their children. Predatory relatives sexually molest children with the parents doing nothing to stop them. Husbands beat wives in front of children, who are themselves treated like slaves and also beaten. Every sort of child abuse is to be found in the one-room bamboo shacks of La Isla Trinitaria which are built directly over the filthy mangrove swamps at the mouth of the River Guayas. It is the worst urban slum in Ecuador. What they found in
the most benighted neighbourhood in ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/ecuador.htm [accessed 3 February
2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In urban areas, children work in commerce and
services as messengers and domestics.
Many urban children under 12 years of age work in family-owned
businesses in the informal sector, including shining shoes, collecting and
recycling garbage, selling, and begging on the streets. Recent primary school attendance statistics
are not available for Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61726.htm [accessed 8 February
2020] CHILDREN
- More
than 20 NGOs promoted child welfare. UNICEF and several private organizations
were active in programs to assist street
children. The children of the poor often experienced severe hardships, particularly
in urban areas. SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [d] While the Ministry of Labor's Social Service Directorate monitored
child labor in businesses such as factories, enforcement in most sectors of the
economy remained limited. In urban areas, many children under age 15 worked
in family-owned businesses in the informal sector, shining shoes, collecting
and recycling garbage, or as street
peddlers. Other children were employed in commerce, messenger services,
domestic services, and begging. Children as young as five or six often sold
newspapers or candy on the street
to support themselves or to augment family income. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 3 June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/ecuador2005.html [accessed 3 February
2011] [59] The Committee
acknowledges the remarkable improvement made in the field of education,
including the forthcoming implementation of bilingual education. The
Committee also takes note of the system of measurement of academic
achievements (APRENDO). However, the Committee is concerned at the low public
investment in education, the poor equipment for schools, the limited access
to educational facilities for street children, and the regional disparities
in the full enjoyment of the right to education Appendix II /
Country Background - Ecuador / Ecuador's Street Children [DOC] www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/META%20part5.doc [Last access date
unavailable] [scroll down] Most street children are found in Country
information: child-hood.com www.child-hood.com/index.php?id=710&type=6&type=6 [accessed 9 May
2011] COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN TOURISM - Investigations show that in 1999 every
second child came from a family that was not able to pay for food, housing,
education, and medical care. As a consequence, these children do not go to
school, and 20.5% are forced to start work at ages between 5 and 9 years and
53% between 10 and 14 years. In a country that is struggling against
underemployment and employment, often the only opportunity to offer itself is
prostitution. They then become victims of exploitation by traffickers and sex
tourists. Ecuadorian economic
and social conditions Street Kids Salesian
Project At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May
2011] A. IMPOVERISHMENT IN
Conditions in the
cities and their surrounding belts of slums can be equally dramatic: entire neighborhoods of hovels,
insufficient or non-existent basic services, high rates of unemployment and
underemployment, the ejection of children into the streets, begging Tainted Harvest -
Child Labor and Obstacles to Organizing on Human Rights Watch,
April 2002 www.hrw.org/reports/2002/ecuador/ecuad0402-01.htm#P234_12118 [accessed 3 February
2011] CHILD WORKERS - Fewer than 40
percent of these children were still in school at age fourteen. When asked
why they had left school to work, most answered that they needed to provide
money for their parents to purchase food and clothing for their families,
many of whom also relied on the nearby banana
plantations for their income. Though important for their families, the
average income contributed by the children with whom Human Rights Watch spoke
was only U.S. $3.50 for every day worked-roughly 64 percent of the average
wage earned by the adults interviewed by Human Rights Watch and 60 percent of
the legal minimum wage for banana workers. Taking research to
the streets At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May
2011] Young children
living and working in the streets are an all-too-common sight in many other
cities around the world. But for ICA Housing helps
street children in Ecuador [PDF] Dr. Claus Hachmann, www.findthatpdf.com/search-10663972-hPDF/download-documents-2003-ica-housing-celebrates.pdf.htm [accessed 9 Aug 2013] ca.coop/sites/default/files/media_items/2003-ica-housing-celebrates.pdf [accessed 28
November 2016] As a contribution
to this year’s ICA Co-operative Day and the UN International Day of
Co-operatives, ICA Housing is helping street children in Ecuador to build a
home, a school and a workshop to train them as carpenters. The Situation of
Street children Financial pressure ruined family structures and the daily
experience of brutality as well as slave-like work are the main reasons that
children take to the streets in developing countries. Their parents generally
are faced with their own struggle for survival so that street gangs for these
kids become a substitute for family ties. Without external help the circle of
violence and hopelessness cannot be overcome and most governments are neither
very much willing nor in a position to help them. www.saintgermain.org/quito.html [Last access date
unavailable] Many wished to stay
in the streets, so they were taught to work at simple paying jobs--such as
washing cars and cleaning shoes--instead of begging. Phoenix Rising
Project - Raising Street Children In Ecuador With Love aishainternational.com/kids.htm At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May
2011] The Phoenix Rising
Project is a self-sustaining, self-contained living community in The Street Children
Telecentre project UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO, May 11 2001 www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/portals/information-society/search.cgi?query=Ecuador [accessed 9 May
2011] The Street Children
Telecentre project in Mid-project
Progress Report - Exploring connectivity for street kids José María González B., Mid-project Progress Report,
2002-08-08 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May
2011] A cultural change
is expected when the computers are introduced in the communities involving
street children and youth. Major
change identified is the change from a verbal communication to a written one. Impact in the long run is unknown. This form of communication has partially
eliminated time, location and language barriers. The use of computers has encouraged them to
improve reading, writing and other language skills. Improvements in fine motility can be
detected. Foundation for
street children, Conocota, Near Quito, Ecuador Ryan B, beatniksaladabroad.blogspot.com/2005/05/beatniksalad-abroad.html [accessed 9 May
2011] [scroll down to July
18, 2004] The children get up
at four in the morning on a school day, and each has a task to do. This might
involve feeding the rabbits, of which there are 100 - these are used for
food, and the children slaughter them themselves. Then there’s the ducks,
which are for eggs, and the garden, where food is grown for both the children
and the animals. There are chickens too, but ducks are better because they
get sick less easily. Their eggs taste the same, it turns out. Street Children
Assistance World Endeavors www.worldendeavors.com/Ecuador/_progtype/street-children-assistance-in-ecuador.html [accessed 9 May
2011] Children who roam
the streets of The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/ecuador.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING
- Who we help in
Ecuador International
Children's Trust, 31/01/2005 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May
2011] Not only are these
children exposed to violence, sexual abuse, drugs, prostitution and crime,
they are also deprived of their basic right to an education and to a
dignified and secure childhood. All
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