The Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children

The term street children refers to children for whom the street more than their family has become their real home. It includes children who might not necessarily be homeless or without families, but who live in situations where there is no protection, supervision, or direction from responsible adults.

- Human Rights Watch

WHERE ARE THE STREET CHILDREN?

AFRICA

Algeria
Equatorial Guinea
Mali
South Africa

Angola
Ethiopia
Mauritania
Sudan

Benin
Gabon
Mauritius
Tanzania

Burkina Faso
The Gambia
Mozambique
Togo

Burundi
Ghana
Niger
Uganda

Cameroon
Guinea
Nigeria
Zambia

Chad
Kenya
Rwanda
Zimbabwe

Congo (DRC)
Liberia
Senegal


Cote D' Ivoire
Madagascar
Sierra Leone


Djibouti
Malawi
Somalia

EAST ASIA

Australia
Hong Kong
Macau
Singapore

Brunei
Indonesia
Malaysia
Taiwan

Burma
Japan
Mongolia
Thailand

Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Timor Leste

China
Korea, North
New Zealand
Vietnam

East Timor
Korea, South
Philippines

EURASIA

Albania
Estonia
Latvia
Serbia-Montenegro

Armenia
Finland
Lithuania
Slovak Republic
Austria
France
Luxembourg
Slovenia

Azerbaijan
Georgia
Macedonia
Spain

Belarus
Germany
Malta
Sweden

Belgium
Greece
Moldova
Switzerland

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Greenland
Netherlands
Tajikistan

Bulgaria
Hungary
Norway
Turkey

Croatia
Ireland
Poland
Ukraine

Cyprus
Italy
Portugal
United Kingdom - UK

Czech Republic
Kazakhstan
Romania
Uzbekistan

Denmark
Kyrgyz Republic
Russia

NEAR EAST

Bahrain
Israel
Oman
Tunisia

Egypt
Kuwait
Qatar
Yemen

Iran
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia


Iraq
Libya
Syria

SOUTH ASIA

Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

Bangladesh
Nepal

Jordan
Morocco
United Arab Emirates

WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Argentina
Costa Rica
Haiti
Peru

Belize
Cuba
Honduras
Suriname

Bolivia
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
United States - USA

Brazil
Ecuador
Mexico
Uruguay

Canada
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Venezuela

Chile
Guatemala
Panama


Colombia
Guyana
Paraguay

HOW MANY ARE THERE?

The United Nations has been attributed as estimating the population of street children worldwide at 150 million, with the number rising daily. Ranging in age from three to eighteen, about 40 percent of those are homeless--as a percentage of world population, unprecedented in the history of civilization

WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM?
Children for whom the street more than their family has become their real home...

Street children throughout the world are subjected to physical abuse by police or have been murdered outright, as governments treat them as a blight to be eradicated-rather than as children to be nurtured and protected.

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Child Soldiers

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Boys & Girls Sold at Auction

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ANGOLA: Children victims of witchcraft accusations. An accusation of sorcery can lead to violent and sometimes lethal retribution by the community.

Street Children: More and More Killed Everyday

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