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from the web to illuminate the situation in *** FEATURED
ARTICLE *** Madagascar: Where Children Dream of Being Gangsters UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, 2 May
2008 allafrica.com/stories/200805020674.html [partially accessed 16 June 2011 - access restricted] Unlike the thousands of other
homeless children in the Madagascan capital of The two 11-years-olds, like the
capital's other homeless people, sleep in the open, but the approaching
southern hemisphere winter is simply a different kind of discomfort to the
summer cyclones that lash the island nation.
"Sometimes the street vendors let us sleep by their fires. The grannies
who sleep on the pavements know us; they know we have our own money and we
won't steal from them, so they let us stay," said Tovo. Young male vendors tend to hawk
cheap wares like tennis shoes, T-shirts and perfumes from Asia, while
middle-aged women sell fruit, vegetables or food cooked on the sidewalks, but
they all live in their stalls and sleep where they sell. Tovo and Jiva,
taking time off from begging to kick a ragged football around in the street
outside the hotel, said when they grow up they want to be gangsters.
"Nobody pushes the gangsters around," Jiva
said. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/madagascar.html [accessed 16 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/madagascar.htm [accessed 19 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children also work in bars and nightclubs, and as porters and
welders. Commercial sexual
exploitation is a problem in most of CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The government recently supplied school materials to
primary school children as part of the Education for All program. The World Bank funded a 7-year program in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61578.htm [accessed 19 February 2011] CHILDREN - In June 2004 the UN Children's
Fund (UNICEF) and the government launched a three-year campaign to improve
birth registration rates. The country has no uniform birth registration
system, and unregistered children were not eligible to attend school or
obtain health care services. A 2000 UNICEF study found that approximately 2.5
million children under 17 were not registered. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 October 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/madagascar2003.html [accessed 19 February 2011] [55] The Committee notes the
challenging socio-economic situation and the adoption, in 2003, of a chapter
on special protection in the poverty reduction strategy paper. However, it is concerned about the
increasingly high number of children who do not enjoy their right to an
adequate standard of living, including children belonging to poor families,
street children and children living in remote rural areas. [63] The Committee is concerned at
the increasing number of street children and at the lack of a systematic and
comprehensive strategy to address this situation and to provide these
children with adequate assistance. In addition, the Committee notes the
establishment of several villages for the reinsertion of vulnerable families. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, 2 May
2008 allafrica.com/stories/200805020674.html [partially accessed 16 June 2011 - access restricted] Unlike the thousands of other
homeless children in the Madagascan capital of The two 11-years-olds, like the
capital's other homeless people, sleep in the open, but the approaching
southern hemisphere winter is simply a different kind of discomfort to the
summer cyclones that lash the island nation.
"Sometimes the street vendors let us sleep by their fires. The grannies
who sleep on the pavements know us; they know we have our own money and we
won't steal from them, so they let us stay," said Tovo. Young male vendors tend to hawk
cheap wares like tennis shoes, T-shirts and perfumes from Asia, while
middle-aged women sell fruit, vegetables or food cooked on the sidewalks, but
they all live in their stalls and sleep where they sell. Tovo and Jiva,
taking time off from begging to kick a ragged football around in the street
outside the hotel, said when they grow up they want to be gangsters.
"Nobody pushes the gangsters around," Jiva
said. MSF Curtails Homeless Assistance In Favor Of
Emergency Work UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=54590 [accessed 16 June 2011] When we started in 1993, we
intended to help those children and families who were living on the street
but, over the years, we have come to realize that there are many poor
families in desperate need of assistance Reports to Treaty Bodies Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 June 2011] The Committee further expressed
concern about the lack of free primary education; the increasing number of
street children and the lack of a strategy to address their needs; the
increasing number of child victims of commercial sexual exploitation,
including prostitution and pornography; the lack of judges and criminal
courts for minors; the sentencing of children aged 16 and 17 as adults; the
limited possibilities for the rehabilitation and reintegration of juveniles
following judicial proceedings. Adelson Razafy,
journalist in At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 June 2011] Blackened by exhaust fumes, the
tunnel under Tana’s city center serves as a
dormitory for children, especially during the rainy season. This Months Letter Home From Médecins Sans Frontières
At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 June 2011] More than 2,500 street children
now receive regular medical and social follow-up through the program. Some of
them are referred on to a network of doctors providing free medical care
under Médecins Sans Frontières
supervision. Médecins Sans Frontières
is working with children held in three juvenile detention centers and a
prison. The main focus this year is on improving the sanitary conditions. Médecins Sans Frontières has
been working in All material used herein
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