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Boys -- A Growing Menace On The Streets Of Lagos
A group of armed street children
is on the rampage in the streets of SORRY STORY OF NIGERIA’S STREET KIDS: Wasted by poverty in the land Their outlook paints a vivid
picture of their state of helplessness. They appear unkempt and totally hopeless
of what the future holds. In their tattered clothes, they find homes in the
most filthy and awkward places like abandoned buildings, under overhead bridges and school premises. Usually, they retire
to these “abodes” at dusk and dash out early in the morning before the prying eyes of security agents or the rightful
owners of the structures turn out for business. What hope for street children? www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=05/22/2008&qrTitle=What%20hope%20for%20street%20children?&qrColumn=FEATURES The contents of this article had
appeared under a different title and may possibly still be accessible [here] Eight-year-old Uduak
was said to possess supernatural powers and was declared a witch by a
prophetess at a vigil in Eket, Akwa
Ibom, His
mother had take!” him to the church for “spiritual deliverance”, That was the
beginning of Uduak’s tortuous road to living as his
mother publicly disowned him. More troubles awaited the child the next day at
home. His father splashed acid at his
face, leaving him with blisters, and chased him out of the family’s one room
apartment. Uduak now finds shelter among other
abandoned children at the Eket Sports Stadium. But
he still dreams about home, and pleads with anyone who cares to hear his
story to take him home to his parents.
“I want to go back to my parents; I want to go back to school, but I
am scared of the prophetess,” he says. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF - The Big Picture U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In urban areas, children work as domestic servants, street hawkers,
vendors, beggars, scavengers, shoe shiners, car washers/watchers, and bus
conductors. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
Economic hardship resulted in high numbers of children working to enhance
meager family income. Children frequently were employed as beggars, street peddlers, bus conductors, and
domestic servants in urban areas. Little data was available to analyze the
incidence of child labor. The National Modular Child Labour Survey Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [69] In view of the increasing
number of children living and working on the street and street families, the
Committee regrets the lack of information about specific mechanisms and
measures to address their situation. [73] The Committee notes with
appreciation the State party’s ratification of the ILO Convention No. 138
concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment and the ILO Convention No.
182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of
the Worst Forms of Child Labor in October 2002. However, it remains concerned
at the significant number of children in Nigeria working as domestic
servants, in plantations, in the mining and quarrying sector, and as beggars
on the streets. What hope for street children? www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=05/22/2008&qrTitle=What%20hope%20for%20street%20children?&qrColumn=FEATURES Eight-year-old Uduak
was said to possess supernatural powers and was declared a witch by a
prophetess at a vigil in Eket, Akwa
Ibom, His
mother had take!” him to the church for “spiritual deliverance”, That was the
beginning of Uduak’s tortuous road to living as his
mother publicly disowned him. More troubles awaited the child the next day at
home. His father splashed acid at his
face, leaving him with blisters, and chased him out of the family’s one room
apartment. Uduak now finds shelter among other
abandoned children at the Eket Sports Stadium. But
he still dreams about home, and pleads with anyone who cares to hear his
story to take him home to his parents.
“I want to go back to my parents; I want to go back to school, but I
am scared of the prophetess,” he says. allafrica.com/stories/200801100295.html He said the Child Rights Act as
enacted has given the government some powers to prosecute parents or
guardians who maltreat children by sending them to beg or hawk on the streets
when they should be in school. Badru added that such
children, after some time, are forced into armed robbery or even become tools
in the hands of robbers who used them as gun keepers because they are
underage. "For example, in Lagos,
people come from all parts of the country to 'hustle'; it is now getting to
an alarming stage where you see underage children come on their own. So when
this happens there is no where to stay except under the bridges. They join
bad gangs and many other vices and armed robbers use them as an opportunity
to keep guns because they are under aged", he said. Some other children, the special
adviser also noted, aside running away from home because the guardians or
parents are maltreating them, some parents even send them to be used as house
helps elsewhere by collecting money. "For those children, when
they are maltreated there, they run away and knowing fully well that if he
goes back home, he would be taken back there or to another place for the same
purpose", he said. Digital Diary:
Nigerian street children tell their stories of life without security Isaiah has spent 5 of his 15 years
living on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, the second largest city of Africa. Like
hundreds of other children, he spends his days and nights in this sprawling
metropolis trying to fend for himself. “It is not easy living on the street but
what can I do?” asks Isaiah, one of 25 children who have told their stories
on Nigerian national radio through a UNICEF-supported project. “I have two sisters that I have not seen in
five years, I have smoked Indian hemp like other boys of my age, got beaten
by bigger boys, robbed of my money, took my bath in the canal and slept under
the bridge,” Isaiah says in one broadcast. “The good thing is that I am
alive!” Given the opportunity to go to school, Isaiah says he would
like to become a lawyer. “I want to be defending people,” he explains. Nigeria: First Ladies - To Be Or Not to Be? allafrica.com/stories/200709280307.html Recently, the first lady of Sisters Unite for Street Children This article has been archived by
World Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] Ibrahim Tijani,
a young boy of 17 said that he used to sleep under the bridge in Oshodi sometimes under a car or a bus or inside a dry
gutter. He does not know his parents as he was left alone by his parents when
he was three years old. He started
attending the Foutain of Life Church, Oshodi where they took a particular interest in him
because they thought he was well behaved. He worshipped with them every time
especially on Fridays for the night vigils and Sundays for worship. They accomodated him and promised
to help him settle down. Eventually, after two years of which he did not run
away, a member of the church took him to the Child
Life Line Centre, Ibeshe vilage,
Ikorodu where he currently resides. Since he is an
old boy, he is learning the art of welding while the Centre takes care of his
other needs. For Street Children, What Kind of Future? This article has been archived by
World Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] The problem of street children in
several cities in Pupils of Precious Childcare Foundation during an anniversary This article has been archived by
World Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] “In some cases, their parents sent
them out to go and bring money in; in fact, they had become bread winners for
their parents and some are just abandoned children right from childhood. So I
went through these experiences and I felt that something should be done to
take care of this category of children,” she explained in an interview with
the Nigerian Tribune. Therefore, Princess Adetokunbo Wande Abimbola established a non-governmental organisation called Precious Childcare Foundation (PCF)
in 1995 with the objective of educating and empowering the abandoned and
neglected children as well as highlighting the social and health problems
facing this group with a view to finding solutions to them. It is a big mistake to be barren and not adopt www.olderchildadoption.com/adoptionnews.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[The Vanguard, What are the issues that make
people abandon children? Of course the issue is poverty. I would say
that the national income per head in this country is still very low compared
to Europe or US in spite of the fact that Area
Boys -- A Growing Menace On The Streets Of Lagos
A group of armed street children
is on the rampage in the streets of SORRY STORY OF NIGERIA’S STREET KIDS: Wasted by poverty in the land Their outlook paints a vivid
picture of their state of helplessness. They appear unkempt and totally
hopeless of what the future holds. In their tattered clothes, they find homes
in the most filthy and awkward places like abandoned buildings, under
overhead bridges and school premises. Usually,
they retire to these “abodes” at dusk and dash out early in the morning
before the prying eyes of security agents or
the rightful owners of the structures turn out for business. Consortium for Street Children www.streetchildren.org.uk/resources/details/?type=country&country=24 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Children work as vendors or
hawkers, beggars, shoe shiners, car washers and watchers, head-loaders,
scavengers and bus conductors. The majority are boys
but there are a few girls. Street families, a variant of street living, are
also becoming prominent Dateline Nigeria — Tomorrow Can Wait www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=4372 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
The entire urban landscape of NGO Periodic Report for Nigeria [DOC] The number of children who live and sleep on the streets has been on the increase in most major urban areas in Nigeria. There are so many locations in which children are found to be living on the street. Street families are also becoming prominent in certain urban slum areas. These destitute families can be found living under bridges, in public toilets and in markets. Their children too are in extremely precarious condition and urgently require intervention and assistance. Information
on the Child Welfare League Of Nigeria [PDF] In Social
Correlates And Coping Measures Of Street-Children OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to achieve two
objectives: First, to identify the social correlates attributable to
street-children in south-western The nature of continuous exposure
to the street and its associated lifestyles make street children vulnerable
to the use of psychoactive substances. 1000 youth have been identified
for an agricultural project under the ''Good Boys and Good Girls'' program.
The youth will be placed on allocated land where they will farm cassava and
maize, two of VSA Arts of nigeria.vsarts.org/event.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] VSA ARTS OF The EFA 2000 Assessment: Country Reports - Nigeria - Self Help Effort 12.2.9 RESCUING, REHABILITATION AND RETURNING STREET CHILDREN - The Street Children phenomenon in Nigeria is gradually assuming alarming proportions, particularly in urban areas. The immediate cause of this phenomenon appears to be deeply entrenched poverty From Domestic Abuse to the Streets www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/Country/CSECOverview/Nigeria.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
It had been stated that in Nigeria
children as young as four or five years old were sometimes taken into
families as domestic helpers because their parents were poor or in debt.
These children are prone to sexual abuse and exploitation. When ill treated,
they run away and end up in the streets where they are vulnerable to
commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC).
Nigerian
“Shade Tree Theatre” with Street Children Shade Tree Theatre is a project
with working children in the streets of Street Children's Experiences In The Injustice System [PDF] www.juvenilejusticepanel.org/resource/items/C/S/CSOutsidechance_Part2.pdf www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/CHAPTER%206%20-%20Street%20Childrens%20Experiences.doc Amongst the list of practices that
street children in Pre-trial detention of children
has been found to last as much as one year. Some criminal cases are just left
unattended to while children languish away on remand. Children in the homes
feel the police have forgotten them there. Children are not given the chance
to speak or defend themselves; Children are held in handcuffs; Sometimes
children become hopeless and feel like they want to die; Children do not
reply to the police statement. 4.
Addressing Child Labor and Promoting Schooling a. Child Labor Initiatives UNICEF
has established a series of programs for street children in Street Children And The Juvenile Justice System In www.eldis.org/static/DOC16855.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Report discusses the framework for
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