Fast-tracking the literacy development in street children: A reading and writing project for street children

Street children in Tehran and risk factors for substance abuse

  Abstract   Background: Economy, lack of welfare and social services, AIDS and civil war, and also substance abuse are predominant factors that attributes with street children.   Method: 576 street children of 10-19 years were evaluated. Data were gathered by demographic and substance use check list. Theses check lists were designed by the researchers and included some simple question about ty...

Street children in the Philippines

A comparative analysis of abandoned street children and formerly abandoned street children in La Paz, Bolivia.

AIMS AND METHODS A comparative study of abandoned street children and formerly abandoned street children was conducted in La Paz, Bolivia, representing the first such comparative assessment. Between August and December 1997, all abandoned street children in La Paz, Bolivia, who were willing to participate (n = 124) were interviewed repeatedly at night using standardised questionnaires to collec...

Street children and political violence: a socio-demographic analysis of street children in Rwanda.

OBJECTIVE The aims were: (1) to examine the profile of African street children and to assess the link between street children in Africa and political violence; (2) to undertake a systematic examination of causal factors of street children in postgenocide Rwanda; and (3) to situate this analysis in the context of the socio-cultural and political impact of the genocide on Rwandan communities. M...

Street children: a comparative perspective.

OBJECTIVE This paper examines the findings from recent studies of street children in Ethiopia. METHODS Following a discussion of the term "street children," comparisons are drawn between Latin American and Ethiopian street children in terms of gender, age, reasons for going to the streets, family relations and structure, delinquency, drug use, groups and the outcomes of street life. In partic...