Street children and youth
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Helping policy-makers, activists, community leaders and service providers to understand street children’s lives and needs
- ( Sarah Thomas de Benitez / Consortium for Street Children , 2007)
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This report aims to promote a better understanding of street children’s lives and encourage policy-makers, activists, community leaders and service providers to take effective actions to prev...
- New directions for the SOS Children’s Villages
- ( C. O’Kane;C. Moedlagl;R. Verweijen-Slamnescu / SOS-Kinderdorf International , 2006)
- This report provides a global overview of the general situation of children without parental care as well as children at risk of loosing parental care. It offers insights and new directions for strate...
- Assisting homeless children: practical programme advice and data from Russia
- ( O.V. Zykov,;L.A. Goncharova / Consortium for Street Children , 2006)
- This collection of papers provides practical advice on working with street children by sharing the experience of developing an outreach programme for homeless children in Moscow. Throughout, the repor...
- More than half of India’s children suffer abuse: findings from nationwide surveys
- ( L. Kacker;S. Varadan;P. Kumar / Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India , 2007)
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This document presents the findings of a nationwide study into the extent and characteristics of child abuse and girl neglect in India. The study is based on surveys of around 18,000 children, youn...
- Is policy making to blame for young people’s problems in Tanzania?
- ( K. McAlpine / Mkombozi Centre, Tanzania , 2007)
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This paper documents Mkombozi’s October 2006 consensus which assessed the trends and situation of vulnerable children on the streets of northern Tanzania’s Arusha and Moshi towns. It al...
- Alternative non-formal education in Tanzania
- ( K. McAlpine; W. Raj; A. Lucas; T. Mariki; M. Kweka; S. Nyembe / Mkombozi Centre, Tanzania , 2007)
- This document serves as a manual for educators delivering Non-Formal Education (NFE) in Tanzania. It is produced by Mkombozi, a child-focussed agency based in the north of the country. The authors arg...
- Stigma reduces take-up of support services for orphans and vulnerable children in Botswana
- ( G.N. Tsheko / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa , 2007)
- Through a snapshot view drawn from interviews and focus groups in the town of Palapye, this book examines the situation of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Botswana. Part of a wider project to...
- Government "rehabilitation" centres violate children’s rights
- ( Human Rights Watch , 2006)
- Street children in Hanoi face abuses from government authorities who regularly remove children to ‘rehabilitation’ centres, where they are detained in very poor conditions for up to six months without...
- Advantages of applying MEMKWA learning programme in Tanzania
- ( Mkombozi Centre, Tanzania , 2005)
- This position paper compares the experience of the Mkombozi Centre for Street Children in implementing a contextualised learning programme referred to as Mpango kwa Elimu Maalum kwa Watoto waliokosa (...
- A call for the closure of the Gikondo detention centre
- ( Human Rights Watch , 2006)
- This paper presents the case of an unofficial detention centre in Gikondo, Kingali, Rwanda, where street children, beggars, street vendors, sex workers, and others considered undesirable persons are d...
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