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and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking for
material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on this
page and others to see which aspect(s) of street life are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring how children got there, how they survive, and how
some manage to leave the street.
Perhaps your paper could focus on how some street children abuse the
public and how they are abused by the public … and how they abuse each
other. Would you like to write about
market children? homeless children? Sexual and labor exploitation? begging? violence? addiction? hunger? neglect? etc. There is a lot to the subject of Street
Children. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child Labor UNICEF At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 June
2011] UNICEF'S WORK - There are also
children who don’t get to go to school and who do very dangerous work.
Souk is an 8-year-old boy who lives in the People’s Republic of Laos in
Southeast Asia. Every night, Souk sleeps on the dusty ground between rows of
parked buses. For over two years, the bus station, behind a busy market, has
been home to Souk, his mother and his sisters Chane,
who is 4-years-old, and Noi, who is two-and-a-half.
During the day, Souk and his sisters go to the city’s main square to beg for
money and food. Why is begging a dangerous job? Because there are no adults
around to look after the children, and the children often work near busy
streets. They are also at risk for sexual exploitation, abuse, and
kidnapping. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61614.htm [accessed 9 February
2020] CHILDREN
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Although the government has made children's education and health care a
priority in its economic planning, funding for children's basic health and
educational needs was inadequate, and the country had a very high rate of
infant and child mortality. Education is free and compulsory through the
fifth grade; however, high fees for books and supplies and a general shortage
of teachers in rural areas prevented many children from attending school.
According to government statistics, 80 percent of primary school‑age
children, 50 percent of junior high school‑age children, and
approximately 25 percent of high school‑age children were enrolled in
school; however, the UN Development Program estimated that almost 40 percent
of children did not attend school at all and only 10 percent entered
secondary school. SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [e] There were a number of illegal immigrants in the country, particularly
from UN Integrated
Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report/79495/laos-restaurant-provides-street-children-with-training-and-hope [accessed 10 March
2015] In one of the first
projects of its kind, Friends International started up Mak
Phet restaurant to provide vocational training for
former street children, with the support of the Ministry of Labour and Social
Welfare, in Information about
Street Children – Lao P.D.R. [DOC] This report is taken
from “A Civil Society Forum for East and South East Asia on Promoting and
Protecting the Rights of Street Children”, 12-14 March 2003, At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 June
2011] A strong culture of
parental respect and support means that children sometimes move to the
streets trying to find money or work at the behest of their parents. Urban Social
Issues, Church World Service
CWS, 1/16/2008 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 12 June
2011] When All
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