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CAUTION: The following links
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 *** Safe house urged
for streetkids The Timaru Herald, 24/10/2007 www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/46583 [accessed 26 June
2011] Some had been
kicked out by their parents, others had no support, some had moved into the
area from the Timaru police youth aid
officer Paul Davis said the flip side of the situation was young people
choosing not to live at home, because they didn't like the rules of the
household. "I've been dealing with some mothers lately who are
saying they are unhappy with the way their sons are behaving. The sons are
telling mum to get stuffed, and leaving. So it's sometimes not a matter of
having nowhere to live, it's not being prepared to live according to the rules
of the house. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless
– 0800 376-633 Rebeccas Community -- This
is for anyone aged up to 13 years old who is thinking about running away www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 26 June
2011] Here are the best
phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell anyone
about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or you are
in danger. They are open 24 Hours - it
doesn't matter what time you call In
New Zealand, call 0800
376-633 Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61621.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] CHILDREN
- The law
provides specific safeguards for children's rights and protection. The
government demonstrated its commitment to children's rights and welfare
through its well-funded systems of public education and medical care. The
government provides 14 weeks of government-funded, paid parental leave to
care for children born after December 1. The office of the commissioner for
children played a key role in monitoring violence and abuse against children.
The law provides
for compulsory, free, and universal education through age 16, and the
government effectively enforced the law. As of July 2004 on average 99
percent of children age 6 to 16 were enrolled in formal education. Letters To The
Editor
[PDF] Dr Gay Keating, NZ
Herald, 23 July 2004 www.pha.org.nz/documents/Lettersguide.pdf [accessed 26 June
2011] www.cpag.org.nz/assets/Letters.pdf [accessed 26
December 2016] SAMPLE LETTERS –
HOUSING - Increasingly
we hear reports of families living in tents and garages. These homeless
children face disrupted education and an uncertain future? We also know these
children are at greater risk of a range of serious infectious diseases. Judge takes streetkid off the street courtnews.co.nz/story.php?id=660 [accessed 26 June
2011] Defence counsel David
Bunce said Suspicious fire
razes old house The Dominion Post,
29/07/2007 www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/archive/national-news/51766 [accessed 26 June
2011] Mr Sherman said the
building had been vacant for some time and had recently been taken over by
squatters. “There were lots of streetkids living in there and trashing the place. “The police came and evicted them last week
… now it’s burnt down.” Save
The Children Supports International Youth Save the Children At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 26 June
2011] RMS Refugee
Resettlement in Hamilton will engage two tutors with the money they have
received from Save the Children New Zealand’s Small Grants Fund to help 20
Somali refugee children with basic language skills, social etiquette and
classroom orientation. Child Youth &
Family (CYF) Project Halves Child Suicide Rate Leah Haines, The www.canadiancrc.com/Newspaper_Articles/NewZealand_Herald_Project_halves_child_suicide_rate_10OCT04.aspx [accessed 26 June
2011] www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3605699 [accessed 26
December 2016] A three-year
project by welfare and health agencies has halved the rate of suicide among
some of the country's most at-risk children.
Researchers say the project has the potential to put a massive dent in
Combined
Housing Action and Research Group Inc. Combined Housing
Action and Research Group CHARG Inc. charg.nzl.org/ [accessed 26 June
2011] CHARG
is a Hamilton-based group of non-profit agencies and organizations
that wishes to address the problem of homelessness in our community.
The primary objectives are: to research the extent, causes, and effects of
homelessness; to establish a knowledge-base to be shared with interested
parties; to investigate and implement the most effective remedial measures;
and to engage in public awareness initiatives. All
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