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Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Statistics on the number of working children under the age of 15 in
the Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - As in previous years, there were
numerous reports of child abandonment due to parents' lack of resources,
which led to larger numbers of children in institutions, foster care, or on
the streets. State orphanages and foster homes also faced a lack of resources
and often were unable to provide proper care. Some children too old to remain
in orphanages were transferred to mental health care facilities, even when
they did not exhibit mental health problems. Many street children left home
because of abusive (8 percent) or alcoholic (10 percent) parents or desperate
economic conditions (75 percent). Government and NGO estimates of the number
of street children nationwide ranged from approximately 2 to 15 thousand,
depending on the time of the year. Approximately 80 percent of street
children were internal migrants. Street children were detained by police and
either sent home (if an address was known) or to a rehabilitation center or
orphanage. The two MVD-maintained rehabilitation centers, one each in Bishkek
and Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [63]. The Committee reiterates its
concern with regard to the increasing number of street children in the State
party and the vulnerable situation they face daily, with many of their rights
not being protected (in particular their social and economic rights) and
being subjected to frequent mistreatment by police officers. It is also
concerned that migrants with no formal residence permits also live in very
precarious housing conditions, without access to basic infrastructure and in
fear of forced eviction. Dire
needs of Central Asia's street children In his military uniform, Aklimomun Esenovich cuts an
unlikely figure as a director of a children's home. But as an employee of the
Ministry of Interior, he is charged with running one of Kyrgyzstan's two
"collection centres", where the
authorities hold children found on the streets for 30 days, before either
reuniting them with their families or sending them to a state orphanage. However, with a budget of one
dollar a day, he is struggling to feed and clothe the children. The centre in
the capital, Bishkek, was designed for 50 boys and girls up to the age of 18
but it often takes in double that number. In the first half of 2006, some 750
children passed through, 200 more than in the same period last year. "The conditions are extremely
poor," he says, pointing to the outside toilet and dilapidated bath
house, where the children only have cold water to wash themselves. "We
have few books, beds that are thirty years old and no transport. CRC
Completed Review Of Initial Report Of The Kyrgyz Republic DISCUSSION - Work by the estimated 160
street children in the country was a concern; authorities tried to return
them to school, but in fact it was hard to assist such children. A center was
being constructed for the rehabilitation of street children with financial
help from Today in Osh,
a city near the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, there are thought to be between 600 and
1,500 street children out of a population of roughly 500,000. The term street
children can be used to describe not just those who are homeless but also
those who sometimes live with their family but also work on the streets. I travelled to bazaars in both Bishkek and Osh and saw children cleaning shoes or selling goods such
as cigarettes or bread. Some were sitting behind scales to weigh people, and
there were many young porters pushing trolleys of goods. A number of children
were begging on the streets. The average age of working children is between
10 and 14 years old. Focus
On Street Children In Bishkek The fact is that many of the
children on the street today are working to support their families, because
their parents’ income no longer suffices.
Many work as porters, or sell newspapers, flowers or candy, or wash
cars in the streets. There have also been incidences of child
prostitution. Other children on the
street, however, are there purely due to parental neglect or, in some cases,
abandonment. The
United Nations in Kyrgyzstan AUGUST 08, 2003 TRAINING SEMINAR “SOCIAL INTEGRATION
OF HOMELESS, WORKING AND STREET CHILDREN” TAKES PLACE ON 5 – 14 - One of the serious consequences
of the hard social-economic situation in Kyrgyzstan is an enormous growth of
the number of uncared and neglected street children, who cannot afford
sufficient food, education and whose life is often endangered by AIDS, drug
abuse, sexual violence, exploitation and discrimination. Ralph Fiennes’ visit to Kyrgyzstan - October 2003 His father was drunk, had beaten
up the mother, destroyed the home. Andrey had run
away and was living the wild migrant gypsy existence on the streets.
Eventually, the young people from the center took Andrey back to his mother.
And this woman, confronted with her son, was clearly wounded and bereft, and
at a loss as to how to take care of him. She let him go to an orphanage
rather than taking him back. Now he’s back on the street. His parents, he said, had tried to
put him into an orphanage in his home village, complaining that they couldn't
afford to look after him. When he had been refused, they tried to palm him
off at the local police station but were turned away again. At this point, Slava says, his mother and
father just abandoned him before leaving for Childhood
Poverty Research and Policy Center - Country Overviews KYRGYZSTAN - Growing poverty has also led to children working in a range of jobs, from working on family farms, to agricultural labor for others, domestic service, selling or working as porters at markets. Recent research estimate that approximately 24 per cent of children work either full or part time, similarly since transition there are now homeless or 'street' children in Kyrgyzstan's cities, and some reports of child prostitution and trafficking. V.
Family Environment And Alternative Care [DOC] PARAGRAPH 153 - There are 600-800 street children
in Bishkek. The main reasons are
alcoholism of parents, poverty, abuse and home violence. Street children are excluded from
education. They work at bazaars,
petrol stations or commit petty theft, pocket stealing, car
robbery, quite often they are doing it under leadership of adults. They are often arrested by militia, beaten
and humiliated, have to give bribes to get
free. Many street children live in the
town heating systems, abandoned buildings, etc. In some towns (Bishkek, Kara-Balta) the
shelters run by NGOs for such children can accept only a limited number of
children. Rights
of the Child in Kyrgyzstan [DOC] KYRGYZSTAN - Growing poverty has also led to children working in a range of jobs, from working on family farms, to agricultural labor for others, domestic service, selling or working as porters at markets. Recent research estimate that approximately 24 per cent of children work either full or part time, similarly since transition there are now homeless or 'street' children in Kyrgyzstan's cities, and some reports of child prostitution and trafficking. A
Generation at Risk - Children of Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan Children in The United Nations (UN) in Kyrgyzstan RECENTLY APPOINTED UNICEF REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR CEE/CIS/BALTIC, MS. MARIA CALIVIS VISITS KYRGYZSTAN - Majority of these children do not go to school – as is it far away, they need to travel by bus. But not all the families can afford it. Ms Calivis raised this issue at the meeting with the high officials of the country. As she said, the state is responsible for providing these children with learning opportunities. NUMBER OF
CHILDREN LIVING IN INSTITUTIONS - The majority are social orphans, children who have families, but
whose families lack the support systems needed to keep them in their
homes. Social orphans may include
children from families that are financially struggling, physically abusive,
or using drugs and alcohol. NUMBER OF STREET CHILDREN IN
BISHKEK - The "street
children", or homeless children, in Bishkek most often live in abandoned
buildings, at the bazaars and nearly all beg on the streets. Some of these
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