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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Glue, a Cheap Substitute for Intoxication Mani Man Singh Rajbhandari,
OhmyNews, english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=3&no=381548&rel_no=1 [accessed 24 June 2011] Those who might think these street
kids are ignorant are wrong. They are actually inventors - innovators of a
cheap substitute for intoxication, which is easily available in the market,
sold in both drug stores and hardware stores. It is none other than a sticky
adhesive gluten substance commonly known as dendrite solution. If you happen to be in a car in Kathmandu waiting for a red light, don’t be amazed to
witness the street children congregating around your car begging for money
with a plastic bag in hand. These bags, usually filled with gluten, might
look like a harmless, playful thing to us - but it is cheap and extremely
harmful substitute for getting high and intoxicated. Children remain easy prey for exploitation, violence The Rising www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=4809&cat_id=4 [accessed 24 June 2011] Street children are the most
vulnerable lot. Sexual abuse is hidden but a widely prevalent suffering among
them. No child is safe and away from this cauldron of suffering. Approximately 99 per cent of them are
physically and psychologically abused. Child sexual abuse may include
fondling a child’s genitals, masturbation, oral-genital contact, digital
penetration, and vaginal and anal intercourse. The other ways a child can be abused with
are direct physical contact, such as sex by exposures, voyeurism and child pornography,
use of obscene language, also referred to as non-contact abuse, shows a
research conducted jointly by CPSC NGO Nepal, CPCS INT Belgium and VOC Nepal. Males are the predominant
perpetrators of sexual abuse against street children. On average, there are
three male abusers for every two female abusers. On an average, 40 per cent
of sexually abusive episodes are perpetrated by street-living children and
adults as well as 40 per cent by non-street living adults. Non street-living adults include relatives,
shop, hotel or restaurant owners and workers or any Nepali adult not living
on the street. The street is clearly the chief location for all types of
sexual abuses, accounting for one in three incidents occurring. – sccp Agence France-Presse
AFP, www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j1kZAEMKQnrw13dfl9Ec7dhsU-Xg [accessed 24 June 2011] The New York-based Human Rights
Watch said it had received more than 200 reports this year of the torture in
police custody of street children
or minors suspected of crimes.
"Sometimes, the torture is inflicted to extract confessions from
the children," said Human Rights Watch researcher Bede
Sheppard. "At other times it
appears to be carried out purely for the entertainment of the official,"
Sheppard said. The youngest alleged
victim of police torture was a 13-year-old, and methods of torture reported
on the minors included kicking, punching, forcing metal nails under toenails
and beatings with plastic pipes, the rights group said. ***
ARCHIVES *** A Video Playlist
for Playlist developed by Brian Horne of
almudo.com & streetkidnews.blogsome.com www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=04D9D86B815D467F [accessed 25 September 2011] There are an increasing number of
street children videos now available that constitute a supplementary source
of information for researchers, especially for those who may not have
experienced the reality of street children. ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - NEPAL [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/South_Asia/Global_Monitoring_Report-NEPAL.pdf [accessed 24 June 2011] A study on child sex tourism (CST)
in UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nepal.html [accessed 24 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/nepal.htm [accessed 23 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There is anecdotal evidence that unaccompanied children are fleeing
areas of civil unrest and migrating to urban areas because of economic
hardship and to avoid recruitment by Maoist insurgents. There is
concern among government officials and NGOs that these children are much more
vulnerable to labor or sexual exploitation, or living on the streets. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61709.htm [accessed 23 February 2011] CHILDREN - Internal displacement due to the
conflict, including of children, continued to be a problem, with estimates of
the number displaced ranging widely. The International Labor Organization
estimated that 10 to 15 thousand children were displaced during the year. As IDPs, children faced inadequate access to food, shelter,
and health care, and had limited access to education. 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/nepal2005.html [accessed 23 February 2011] [61] The Committee also notes with
concern that little has been done to address the particular health
vulnerabilities and needs of children at risk, including street children,
child laborers, child sex workers and Dalit
children. [85] In view of the increasing
number of children living and working on the street and the State party’s
recognition that they are among the major victims of abuse, neglect and
exploitation, the Committee regrets the paucity of information about specific
programs and measures to address their situation. [95] The Committee notes with
grave concern that certain groups of children are at a particularly higher
risk of being sold and trafficked, including girls, internally displaced
children, street children, orphans, children from rural areas, refugee
children and children belonging to more vulnerable castes. Street children with mental illness left in the lurch Arjun Poudel, Republica Social affairs, November 13, 2010 www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=25155 [accessed 13 November 2010] Street children with overt mental
disorders often go totally unattended in the country as orphanages in the
country are reluctant to admit them. Worse still, orphanages do not
admit children with mental health problems. “They only admit healthy and
small children,” Sub-inspector Shankar Shrestha, who is also a staffer at the center, said,
adding, “They do not admit children above the age of twelve.” He said that
the police have no choice but to leave such children back on the streets if
their relatives do not come looking for them. These Grim Images & Sounds Arpan Shrestha,
Republica, archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=2757 [accessed 24 June 2011] As the night deepens, the wind
temperature drops significantly and the children abandon their
‘police-demonstrator’ game. They huddle together, every so often kicking each
other in the butt and smiling. “We have to sleep outside tonight,” says one
observing the thick vapor in their breath.
“Look, the vapor I exhale is the longest,” says another in a
reaffirming stance as the children crisscross their vapor and stroll towards
the temple opposite Basantapur Durbar. All four
climb the stairs to the temple. On
reaching the top, one begins to sing as others collect scattered paper boards
to sleep on. The hurt one then gets a little plastic out of his worn pants
and begins to inhale from it. Two others stretch out and follow suit. One of
them blurts out (to the singing boy), “Shut up, will you?” Soon, the four snuggle up to each other
and sleep, or perhaps surrender to the hallucinations from the glue they’ve
been sniffing. Two stray dogs appear, sniff around and settle next to the
children and together they all call it a day. 95 pc street children sniff glue Kantipur.com, solventabuse.blogspot.com/2009/01/95-of-kathmandu-street-children-sniff.html [accessed 24 June 2011] With the onset of winter, it is
usual for people to buy warm clothes and heaters to warm up their rooms and
snuggle up in the quilt till late morning.
However, looking at skimpily dressed street children, you may wonder
how they survive the freezing cold of Kathmandu.
But they have their own way of keeping warm: they sniff dendrite. Bibek Moktan,
12, who hails from Hetauda, warms up his winter
morning by blowing into and inhaling from a plastic bag containing dendrite. "I sniff one tube (50 grams) of
dendrite a day," said Moktan. "When I
first tried sniffing, I felt a current flowing inside me, but slowly I got
used to it." Kale Pariyar, 15, from Kalimati, was
also sniffing from a dirty plastic with glue inside it. "I sniff,
because I want to enjoy as others do,"said Pariyar. Bibek and Kale are not the only ones who sniff glue to
keep warm and to be happy. There are hundreds of children on the streets of
the capital addicted to glue despite various health hazards associated with
it. According to a research conducted
by Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN), glue sniffing affects
various organs including the brain, nervous system, eyes, blood, lungs and
heart and even causes death. Agence France-Presse
AFP, www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j1kZAEMKQnrw13dfl9Ec7dhsU-Xg [accessed 24 June 2011] The New York-based Human Rights
Watch said it had received more than 200 reports this year of the torture in
police custody of street children
or minors suspected of crimes.
"Sometimes, the torture is inflicted to extract confessions from
the children," said Human Rights Watch researcher Bede
Sheppard. "At other times it
appears to be carried out purely for the entertainment of the official,"
Sheppard said. The youngest alleged
victim of police torture was a 13-year-old, and methods of torture reported
on the minors included kicking, punching, forcing metal nails under toenails
and beatings with plastic pipes, the rights group said. Dream big, Mrs Ban tells street
children hamropalo.com/nepal_news/dream-bigmrs-ban-tells-street-children.html [accessed 24 June 2011] She asked officials at the drop-in
centre about the children's education and observed the facilities available
there. While some come for classes during the day and spend the rest of their
time in the streets, others, who were sexually abused, live at the centre. Paritra Tamrakar,
programme officer at the centre, informed the visiting
dignitary that sexual exploitation of street children was rampant in the
capital. She said that over 80 percent of street boys have been sexually
abused, and there was difficulty in taking action against the guilty due to
lack of implementation of the law. Children remain easy prey for exploitation, violence The Rising www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=4809&cat_id=4 [accessed 24 June 2011] Street children are the most
vulnerable lot. Sexual abuse is hidden but a widely prevalent suffering among
them. No child is safe and away from this cauldron of suffering. Approximately 99 per cent of them are physically
and psychologically abused. Child sexual abuse may include fondling a child’s
genitals, masturbation, oral-genital contact, digital penetration, and
vaginal and anal intercourse. The
other ways a child can be abused with are direct physical contact, such as
sex by exposures, voyeurism and child pornography, use of obscene language,
also referred to as non-contact abuse, shows a research conducted jointly by
CPSC NGO Nepal, CPCS INT Belgium and VOC Nepal. Males are the predominant
perpetrators of sexual abuse against street children. On average, there are
three male abusers for every two female abusers. On an average, 40 per cent
of sexually abusive episodes are perpetrated by street-living children and
adults as well as 40 per cent by non-street living adults. Non street-living adults include relatives,
shop, hotel or restaurant owners and workers or any Nepali adult not living
on the street. The street is clearly the chief location for all types of
sexual abuses, accounting for one in three incidents occurring. - sccp Nepalese football academy rescues street children Mail & Guardian Online, May 31 2008 mg.co.za/article/2008-05-31-nepalese-football-academy-rescues-street-children [accessed 24 June 2011] Three years ago, Mahendra BK was a 12-year-old boy living on the street in
Pokhara, a middle-sized Nepalese town with a
population of about 200Â 000. His mother died when he was still an infant and
his alcoholic father died of tuberculosis when Mahendra
was only eight. Mahendra
lived in extreme poverty with his sister and grandmother for about a year. At
the age of nine, he left them and ended up in Kathmandu,
the capital, where he was living a high-risk life on the street, collecting
garbage and selling it for petty cash to recycling factories. "When I was living on the
street, I was sleeping under empty rice sacks in many different places. The
police used to come around and chase me away. Mushrooming orphanages Wilko Verbakel
And Susan Van Klaveren, Nepali Times, Issue #387
(15 Feb 2008 - 21 Feb 2008) -- Wilko Verbakel and Susan van Klaveren
are board members of a Dutch NGO, the International Council for Friends Of
Nepal ICFON www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/387/Nation/14484 [accessed 24 June 2011] Setting up an orphanage is a
popular activity in Only a small portion of these
children are really orphans. A USAID study among 350 'orphanages' in Nepal
showed that only 20 percent of the 8,821 children surveyed had no parents
while over 50 percent still had both parents. Many apparent orphans live on
the street because their parents cannot afford to feed them properly, but
NGOs should question if these homes really contribute to reducing poverty. Glue, a Cheap Substitute for Intoxication Mani Man Singh Rajbhandari,
OhmyNews, english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=3&no=381548&rel_no=1 [accessed 24 June 2011] Those who might think these street
kids are ignorant are wrong. They are actually inventors - innovators of a
cheap substitute for intoxication, which is easily available in the market,
sold in both drug stores and hardware stores. It is none other than a sticky
adhesive gluten substance commonly known as dendrite solution. If you happen to be in a car in Kathmandu waiting for a red light, don’t be amazed to
witness the street children congregating around your car begging for money
with a plastic bag in hand. These bags, usually filled with gluten, might
look like a harmless, playful thing to us - but it is cheap and extremely
harmful substitute for getting high and intoxicated. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74899 [accessed 24 June 2011] The decade-long armed conflict
between the Nepali government and Maoist rebels that ended last year also
contributed to the rise in numbers, say activists. But despite the signing of
the peace treaty in November 2006, many children continue to live on the
streets, homeless, food-insecure and suffering from serious health problems,
according to CWIN. CWIN found that almost all street
children were addicted to glue sniffing because of hunger and the influence
of friends. About 95 percent of street children were using glue, and it would
not take much to introduce the habit to the remaining 5 percent, it
said. It found that some children used
as many as 15 tubes a day (one tube of dendrite can be used four to five
times) and many used it as a substitute for regular meals. The cheapest of all dendrites is
Nepal-made, besides the imports from India and China. It is available in all
hardware shops and costs less than 40 US cents per 25mg tube. A Different View Concerning CA Polls Eliza Rana, The Rising At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 24 June 2011] There are about 12 million
under-18 years of age who are regarded as children,
having no right to cast their ballots in the upcoming CA polls. Due to growing
awareness, many children are aware about the condition of political upheaval,
human rights, social justice and democratic process of the country. Many of
them have participated in the people’s movement in one or the other. Street
children were the ones who actively participated in many of the political
protest programmes. Many of them were injured but
none of the organization, government or political parties came forward to
acknowledge their contribution, let alone taking care of them. Feeling Of Guilt The Rising This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 24 June 2011] On the matter, it is rather
unfortunate that the number of street children in the cities is increasing
especially in the Heckling the people is their
common behaviour. Can't fight back but listen to
them. One has the tendency to get humiliated but there's no way out but go
through the experience. The street children are not to be blamed as they are
living a live deprivation and sees in you a person who has enough of
everything. One just can't face many of such children with supposedly empty
milk pouches. Probably they are sniffing glue. Well, it's a percentage of a
generation that is going to waste. That brings in us a feeling of guilt. Karen Choy, TelegraphNepal.com, 20 August 2007 www.telegraphnepal.com/opinion/2007-08-20/nepal-street-life:-adventure-abuse-addiction:-karen-choy [accessed 24 June 2011] Happy days. Countless hours spent
sniffing dendrite, smoking cigarettes, drinking "chyang",
watching movies, playing cards, marbles, and video games. This is the life of
a street child in Kathmandu. No responsibilities
and fun with friends. According to one child, "I
don't want to go home because I earn money here. I earn 100 to 150 rupees per
day by rag picking. I eat meat and rice and with the rest of the money, I buy
dendrite and drink alcohol. I'm the leader of my group." Comments such as this reinforce
the public perception of unruly, uncontrollable, and unreformable
children. Many children do not regret their decision to live on the street.
One child explains, "I like to stay on the street. Everyone loves me
here." Street kids, domestic hands seek voting rights The Rising This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 24 June 2011] Media persons and those working
for the child rights said that many street children were more aware about
politics than other children. They
said that more than 50 per cent street children participated in the people's
movement in one way or the other. In many protest programmes
these children were the ones who were at the front, they said. More than 50
per cent of the street children were also injured but nobody has cared for
them or has acknowledged their contribution. Glue is sticking with Karen Choy, TelegraphNepal.com, July 27, 2007 This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 24 June 2011] WHAT IS BEING DONE? - Child welfare organization
SAATHI is currently conducting exploratory research on the needs of dendrite
addicted street children. SAATHI is gathering data from Kathmandu
street children in order to develop effective long term interventions for
addicted children. CWIN has completed research on glue sniffing in the past
and currently engages in anti-drug campaigns targeting addicted street
children. "Most crucial is a rehabilitation center. Many of the street
children are aware of the harmful effects. There nees
to be long term support and strong government policies to address this
issue," said Suvekycha Rana,
Child Program Coordinator of SAATHI. Currently, there are no long term drug
rehabilitation facilities for children in Kathmandu.
Such services are only available to youth and adults. Furthermore, both CWIN
and SAATHI emphasize the need for a comprehensive, long term approach to
addiction among street children. Support services, long term rehabilitation
centers for children, public awareness, and strong government policies
combating glue sniffing are key elements in a comprehensive approach. Simply
criminalizing inhalant abuse and penalizing dendrite distributors will only
drive glue sniffing underground. In this situation, the more vulnerable
street children would be subject to further exploitation. BBC News, 28 May 2007 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6624907.stm [accessed 24 June 2011] KHEMRAJ PURI - Most of the time we used to
collect plastic garbage in order to sell it. But the money we would get for a
whole day's work was not enough for one breakfast. So we used to steal fruit
and vegetables from the shops. We were
not allowed to sleep in front of the people's houses. So we used to sleep,
when there were no policemen, in the corner of the road cuddling with the
dogs to keep warm. GOPAL GURUNG - I slept on the side of the
road, in the park and in front of the shopping centres.
Early in the morning I would get a hard kick in my back to chase me
away. I saw kids going to school. I
was very jealous as I also wanted to study. I was seven years old and I had
not known what education was. I wanted to study and become a good human
being. Former street child helps fight destitution Jennie Murray, Gulf News, December 16, 2006 gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/former-street-child-helps-fight-destitution-1.270821 [accessed 24 June 2011] When Saran Silwal
was a young child begging for food and rummaging through garbage on the
streets of Kathmandu, he could never have imagined
he would end up working for a five-star hotel in "The worst part was the
hunger. I would see somebody eating something mouth-watering in a restaurant.
I just wanted to kill my hunger," he said. Many street youngsters in the capital of
Nepal, to cope with the hunger and the cold nights of sleeping in rags, fall
into the abyss of glue-sniffing. Street kids to join Dashain
celebrations Lekhnath Pant, This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 24 June 2011] Kathmandu Metropolitan City
(KMC) has stopped dealing with the problems faced by street children,
according to Raju Shrestha,
the program manager of Domestic Child Worker at KMC. In the past, the unit
was looking after the problem under an International Labor Organization
project. The project is over now. Street Kids Getting High
With Adhesives Mudita Bajracharya,
The Himalayan Times, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 24 June 2011] "Almost 95 per cent of the
children below 14 years and living on the streets are addicted to adhesives.
They have plastic bags with glues in them all the time," he added. Where Do Child Laborers Go? Rupesh Silwal, OhmyNews, 12 June 2006 english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=3&no=298011&rel_no=1 [accessed 24 June 2011] Various NGOs in Street Children in Rupa Kharel, OhmyNews, 16 May 2006 english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=292067&rel_no=1&back_url= [accessed 24 June 2011] It is well documented that
street-based children share an environment and practices that make them
vulnerable to HIV infection. Furthermore, two independent tests conducted by
an NGO in Kathmandu in 2002 identified the
existence of HIV infection among this sub-population. In these tests, 25 out
of 80 (31 percent) street children were HIV positive, and 16 out of 32 (50
percent) "high-risk" street children were HIV positive. Street Kids Lukewarm to Idea of Taking to Streets Mudita Bajracharya,
The Himalayan Times, Lalitpur, April 16, 2006 nepalnow.blogspot.com/2006/04/trial-by-fire.html#c114517706906878460 [accessed 24 June 2011] Although some children are being
seen during protest programmes in the capital, the
involvement of street children in the ongoing demonstrations and clashes is
minimal. The street children make their
livelihood from rag picking, so they are seen in the localities mostly after
the protest scenes are over to collect scarps, said Suchita
Shah, programme manager of Sath
Sath. Amrit Pariyar and his friends have been moving to the places
after the riots are over to collect wires from the remains of burnt tyres and aluminum of used tear gas shells. The Pathetic Reality of Street Children in Bhuwan Thapaliya,
OhmyNews, 07 October 2005 english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=250961&rel_no=1 [accessed 24 June 2011] Over the past few decades, the
standard of living of many urban Nepalese has risen beyond measure, even in
the midst of political turmoil. But ironically, at the same time many poor
children are struggling for survival out in the streets, sleeping on
makeshift cardboard mattresses in main cities like SKiD Project - The SKiD 2005-2006 [accessed 24 June 2011] Ø Online
Reports about Street Kids in Ø Selected Links about Street Kids in Ø NGO working with Street Kids in Status of Street Children in www.scribd.com/doc/36174800/Street-Children [accessed 24 June 2011] According to ILO's
rapid assessment on rag-picking children, there are about 4,000 children
working in this sector, which is considered one of the worst forms of child
labor. Among the rag pickers, 88% are boys and 12% girls. In average, rag pickers work 6 hours a day
and earn NRs. 87 per day. They concentrate in the areas like
junkyards, temples, market centers, cinema halls, airports, bus terminals,
hardware shops, tourist centers, etc. while they do their work. While on the street they face problems of
hunger, shelter, clothes, etc. Similarly,
face problems from police, "dada" (bullies), gang etc. With all these problems and tensions, they
lead their complex life. Street Children, Big Problem in Xinhua News Agency, 26 February 2002 news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-02/26/content_291031.htm [accessed 24 June 2011] Most of the children living in the
streets right now left their homes at the age of eight because of various
problems that happened in their families.
These problems were mainly caused by stepmothers, family conflicts, poverty,
lack of awareness, and orphanages.
Some children left in search of better opportunities in the big
cities. Most of those children living
in the streets depend on begging from others, working as porters and
construction workers in the construction sites inside of the cities and their
neighboring villages. Information about Street Children
- Based on a paper prepared by Concern for Children and
Environment CONCERN www.crin.org/docs/CSF%20Colombo%20report.pdf [accessed 25 June 2011] [page 9] CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES - Dangerous and unhealthy living
environments and the resulting untreated illnesses and frequent injuries that
entail. Lack of adequate emotional support, food, shelter and safe places to
sleep and store belongings, leading to inability of street children to save
money. Dependency of newcomers to the street on more ‘experienced’ street
children. Involvement of street children in criminal activities. Child Labour Is Cruel Alright, But Who Is To Take Care Of
The Freed Children? Tashi Dolma Thinley, This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 25 June 2011] ‘I left home thinking that the
carpet factory would hire me, but they told me the authorities did not want
people of my age to work. It might be
a good thing done by the government, but where does it leave people like me?’
asks a desperate Shivam. Indeed, where did that leave him? On the Bank accounts for Manisha Aryal,
BBC News, in news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1410433.stm [accessed 25 June 2011] About 600 children live and work
in the streets of A Life Without Basic Service - Street Children Say acr.hrschool.org/mainfile.php/0166/276/ [accessed 25 June 2011] In not recognizing the
opportunities as well as the problems of street life, organizations have been
unsuccessful in providing viable alternatives. The way we perceive street
children dictates our response to them.
The aim of this study has been to gain an understanding of street
children's perspectives of their own situation to encourage more appropriate
and effective interventions. Street children are a part of modern Nepalese society Maria Seppälä, Universitas Helsingiensis,
February 2001 www.helsinki.fi/lehdet/uh/201m.htm [accessed 25 June 2011] CWIN, originally part of a
students' democracy movement, aims at raising people's awareness of childhood
as something special and, most particularly, of the appalling conditions of
street children in Alcohol and Drug Use among Street Children in Child Workers in www.add-resources.org/alcohol-and-drug-use-among-street-children-in-nepal.444184-80613.html [accessed 25 June 2011] Sumnima Tuladhar
of CWIN presented the results of a study on alcohol and drug use among street
children in six urban centers in The current prevalence rate of
drugs is 20.6% and the overall prevalence of alcohol use among children aged
10-17 is 17.4% for current use, with 21.8% for boys and 11.2% for girls.
Exposure of drugs use largely depends on the company of children. The
socio-psychological circumstance is much more favorable for drug use for
children. More and more street children are exposed to intravenous drug use.
Among them about 10% are believed to be exposed to HIV infection. Glue Sniffing among Street
Children in the Abinash Rai, Keshab Prashad Ghimire, Pooja Shrestha, & Sumnima Tuladhar, Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre CWIN,
2002 [accessed 25 June 2011] More than 80% street children are
addicted to glue sniffing, which is the current trend among street children.
The issue of drug use and HIV among street children is utterly neglected by
the organizations working on the issues of HIV and drug abuse. NGO Initiatives Addressing
Glue-Sniffing Among Street Children In acr.hrschool.org/mainfile.php/0105/29/ [accessed 25 June 2011] Glue sniffing which is a largely
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