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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The plight of Liberia’s street children Sam K Zinnah,
TheLiberianTimes.com, Apr 10, 2006 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] CATEGORIES OF STREET CHILDREN IN CAUSES OF STREET CHILDREN - The negative impact of street
life on children is enormous. Many street children lack basic rights such as
education, family love, health care, good food & safety. Other
disadvantages include exposure to drugs, the risk of being knocked down by
uninsured cars, harsh punishment for little offences, the early arrival of
adulthood, association with the wrong people & criminals and lost of
family ties. Another big problem is exploitation. Street children are most
time exploited by adults who hire them to work for wages payable at the end
of the month but often the contracts are terminated even before the end of
the month without good reason and the children remain unpaid. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/liberia.html [accessed 14 June 2011] Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61577.htm [accessed 18 February 2011] CHILDREN - There were thousands of children
living on the streets of [Note: The next two links should
lead to identical files … however they do not … ] Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4 June 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/liberia2004.html [accessed 14 June 2011] 56. The Committee welcomes the
State party’s efforts to rehabilitate the educational system that was
massively destructed by the civil war. It further takes note of the “Back to
School” program that has already brought many children back to school.
However, the Committee is concerned about the continuing low rates of
enrolment, the significant disparities of enrolment and literacy rates
between boys and girls and the overall low quality and hidden costs of
education. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4 June 2004 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/1997269899bbee30c1256ec2004912f4?OpenDocument [accessed 14 June 2011] 66. The Committee is concerned
about the extent of the problem of sexual exploitation of and trafficking in
children in the State party and notes that internally displaced and street
children are particularly vulnerable to such abuse. ‘Put Street Children Back in the Classroom,’ CWI Boss
Urges Jacqueline Dennis, The Analyst ( This article has been archived by World Street Children News
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] Mr. Teah
disclosed that the (CWI), which is located in Squeezing in an education UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=64547 [accessed 14 June 2011] Liberian youths are packing The government of
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf aims to
dramatically increase the country’s enrollment rate through the Education for
All law that was enacted in 2004. "The enforcement is getting
the results we want. Children are now coming from the farms, off the street
and into the classrooms," Sirleaf recently
told reporters. The plight of Sam K Zinnah,
TheLiberianTimes.com, Apr 10, 2006 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] CATEGORIES OF STREET CHILDREN IN CAUSES OF
STREET CHILDREN - The
negative impact of street life on children is enormous. Many street children lack
basic rights such as education, family love, health care, good food &
safety. Other disadvantages include exposure to drugs, the risk of being
knocked down by uninsured cars, harsh punishment for little offences, the
early arrival of adulthood, association with the wrong people & criminals
and lost of family ties. Another big problem is exploitation. Street children
are most time exploited by adults who hire them to work for wages payable at
the end of the month but often the contracts are terminated even before the
end of the month without good reason and the children remain unpaid. Information about Street Children - This report is taken from “A Civil Society Forum for
Anglophone West Africa on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 21-24 October 2003, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] Street children allegedly face
more attacks and abuses from law enforcers than they face from
civilians. As such, protection/ advocacy
groups must be determined to engage law enforcers in a dialogue to try and
establish a working relationship.
Street children (with strong survival skills) are vulnerable to
recruitment by drug dealers and armed forces. Many street children from Consortium for Street Children – Consortium for Street Children 2004 -- Based on a paper
submitted by At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] Amnesty International, 18/03/2005 -- AI Index: AFR
31/003/2005 [accessed 14 June 2011] THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN Report by the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, 2 - 9 July 2004 [accessed 14 June 2011] B. COORDINATION - TASKFORCE ON
STREET CHILDREN RECONVENES ACTIVITIES - There are a small but growing
number of children who are being committed to the Monrovia Central Prison.
The prison currently does not have separate facilities for children. Don Bosco
Homes And Street Children John T. Monibah, Salesians of Don Bosco www.salesians.org.uk/html/street_children.html [accessed 14 June 2011] Don Bosco
Homes in Address to the Security Council
meeting on Children in Armed Conflict Guest speech by Wilmot from www.unicef.org/specialsession/press/02esp08scwilmot.htm [accessed 14 June 2011] Today as I speak, the children of Protection of children affected by armed conflict Report of the Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (A /53/482) [accessed 14 June 2011] 51. The categories of children
identified as having special protection needs include ex-combatant youth,
refugee and internally displaced children, sexually abused girls and unaccompanied
and street children. The following were identified as the key challenges
requiring initiatives: (a) Empowering families,
economically and socially, to resume their roles in bringing up and
supporting children, thus moving away from a policy of heavy dependence on
institutional care. At present, many unaccompanied, displaced and orphaned
children are resident either on the streets or in orphanages, many of which
are of dubious quality. All material used herein
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