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Majority of us are blessed because when we return home from offices, colleges and schools there is a family waiting for us which takes away our tiredness. But all are not that fortunate. Many children in India are deprived off this feeling of family and home. We celebrate every occasion but wonder how street children spend their life and celebrate festivals. They spend their entire life near bus station, railway station, markets, on footpaths, streets etc. Though a well-structured data and number is not available but it is estimated that India has more than 4,00,000 street children. 18 million children work on streets and 5-20% have no connection with their families. Also India has the largest population of street children in the world.
Definition of a Street Child by UNICEF, “…any girl or boy… for whom the street (in the widest sense of the word, including unoccupied dwellings, wasteland, etc.) has become his or her habitual abode and/or source of livelihood; and who is inadequately protected, supervised, or directed by responsible adults”.
UNICEF call street children the most vulnerable group of children in India.
Mark W. Lusk did a research on street children and came out with four categories of street children:
Children who return to their families at night after working on the streetChildren working on street but with dwindling family tiesChildren who work and live with their families on the streetChildren who work on the street but have no connection with their families
Most of the street children in India are boys but that does not mean girls are not homeless. Homeless girls are subjected to worse conditions in terms of prostitution and all than boys. According to UNICEF, approximately 72% of street children are aged between 6-12 years and 13% are below 6 years of age
Definition of a Street Child by UNICEF, “…any girl or boy… for whom the street (in the widest sense of the word, including unoccupied dwellings, wasteland, etc.) has become his or her habitual abode and/or source of livelihood; and who is inadequately protected, supervised, or directed by responsible adults”.
UNICEF call street children the most vulnerable group of children in India.
Mark W. Lusk did a research on street children and came out with four categories of street children:
Children who return to their families at night after working on the streetChildren working on street but with dwindling family tiesChildren who work and live with their families on the streetChildren who work on the street but have no connection with their families
Most of the street children in India are boys but that does not mean girls are not homeless. Homeless girls are subjected to worse conditions in terms of prostitution and all than boys. According to UNICEF, approximately 72% of street children are aged between 6-12 years and 13% are below 6 years of age
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