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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Extra-judicial Executions Of Street Children And Youth Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture (World Organisation Against Torture)
OMCT, www.omct.org/rights-of-the-child/urgent-interventions/nicaragua/2002/07/d15867/ [accessed 27 June 2011] According to the information
collected by Casa Alianza Nicaragua, at least 97
(ninety-seven) children and young Nicaraguans less than 23 years of age met
violent deaths during the last eight months of the year 2001. According
to the reported information, 74% were young boys and youths, constituting the
vast majority of the victims. 32% of the victims were less than 17 years of
age The Children of Christoph Grandt, www.christoph-grandt.com/children.html [accessed 27 June 2011] They have to spend 5 Córdobas for a tin of glue. They live on the streets of Managua
together with some 15.000 children between 7 & 14 years of age. Ten times
higher is the number of those who, although having a place to live, are
living depending on survival strategies. The Precarious Situation Of Adrean Scheid,
MESOAMERICA Institute for Central American Studies, January 1995 pangaea.org/street_children/latin/nicaragu.htm [accessed 27 June 2011] Pablo and Walter stand outside of
the bakery behind the Supermarket La Fe, begging for money from the
middle-class patrons who enter. Their clothes are torn and dirty, and the
calluses on their feet testify that they have never owned a pair of shoes.
Although they are both ten years old, neither one has ever attended school. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF –
Nicaragua www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nicaragua.html [accessed 27 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/nicaragua.htm [accessed 12 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In urban areas, children work in the streets selling merchandise,
cleaning car windows, or begging. Some
children are forced by their parents to beg, and some are “rented” out by
their parents to organized groups of beggars. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61734.htm [accessed 12 December 2010] SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
The government reported that child labor occurred in both urban and rural areas,
primarily in the informal sector, including family ventures. In 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/nicaragua2005.html [accessed 12 December 2010] [66] The Committee is concerned at
the growing number of street children living in the State party, especially
in [68] The Committee is concerned at
the endemic abuse of substances among street children and members of youth
gangs. From streets of Monsy Alvarado, The Record ( www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-124765463.html [partially accessed 27 June 2011 - access restricted] Inhijambia was formed in 2000, amid a
growing number of children from broken homes living in cardboard boxes, under
bridges and under the remnants of earthquake-destroyed buildings, Aburto said. The youngsters are known as "huelepegas" -- "glue sniffers"
-- because they are addicted to glue.
They wear ripped clothes and walk barefoot, and may have been sexually
or physically abused by relatives, Aburto said. "If these children don't come
home with money they are not treated well, and that makes them turn to the
street, where they believe they will have a better life," Aburto explained. "But their reality is very
different." Extra-judicial Executions Of Street Children And Youth Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture (World Organisation Against Torture)
OMCT, www.omct.org/rights-of-the-child/urgent-interventions/nicaragua/2002/07/d15867/ [accessed 27 June 2011] According to the information
collected by Casa Alianza Nicaragua, at least 97
(ninety-seven) children and young Nicaraguans less than 23 years of age met
violent deaths during the last eight months of the year 2001. According
to the reported information, 74% were young boys and youths, constituting the
vast majority of the victims. 32% of the victims were less than 17 years of
age Street Children And Juvenile Justice In Casa Alianza www.eldis.org/assets/Docs/17497.html [accessed 27 June 2011] This report provides a brief
analysis of the situation of street children in Child Labor - Regional Activities : Latin America and the The World Bank Group At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] Given the economic growth in the Latin
American and the ¡Sí a la
Vida! - The Jonathan Roise, co-founder of Si a la Vida www.asalv.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=55 [accessed 27 June 2011] The process begins when the
children are still in the street. Our field workers seek to gain their
confidence by developing supportive, nonjudgmental relationships. They listen
to the kids and ask questions to gently prod the child into talking and
thinking about what caused his separation from his family and reflecting on
the ugly reality of life in the street. Through a rudimentary process of
consciousness-raising, the child is encouraged to realize that he has the
power to decide to change his life, and that there is a place where he can do
so. Once in the residential center in The Children of Christoph Grandt, www.christoph-grandt.com/children.html [accessed 27 June 2011] They have to spend 5 Córdobas for
a tin of glue. They live on the streets of The Precarious Situation Of Adrean Scheid,
MESOAMERICA Institute for Central American Studies, January 1995 pangaea.org/street_children/latin/nicaragu.htm [accessed 27 June 2011] Pablo and Walter stand outside of
the bakery behind the Supermarket La Fe, begging for money from the
middle-class patrons who enter. Their clothes are torn and dirty, and the
calluses on their feet testify that they have never owned a pair of shoes.
Although they are both ten years old, neither one has ever attended school. The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/nicaragua.doc [Last accessed 2009] NONGOVERNMENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION RESPONSES
- TESIS, the Association for Workers for Education, Health and Social
Integration, was founded in 1992. TESIS has assisted 350 street children
through programs that try to reestablish contact with family members and
provide alternatives to life on the streets. TESIS also educates the children
on HIV/AIDS issues. All material used herein
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