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Abdullah Soomro
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Street children
May 19, 2007 - 09:46 AM
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Street children can be found in many countries. Most of them are seen scavenging for food with no one to care for them. And, research shows that many grow uo to be drug dealers. What do you think can be done to to improve the lives of these children?
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Re: Street children
May 19, 2007 - 07:13 PM
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To begin with we need to adress that this is an international problem, not just one of underdeveloped countries. Secondly, we need to realize there is many components to the solution. We need to raise minumum wage for parents, and welfare funding for their children. By doing so we can get the kids off the street. The next step would be to provide offordable schooling, knowledge is power. These may seem like huge steps but they are not impossible. With passion for the cause, resources, and others who are also passionate can be gathered. I would highly recommend that you read "Free the Children" or visit www. freethechildren.com, for inspiration and ideas. www.makepovertyhistory.ca is also a good resource. I'm passionate about getting children off the street as well, and would love to share ideas with you.
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Re: Street children
May 20, 2007 - 01:43 AM
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education and gainful employment.
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Re: Street children
May 20, 2007 - 03:19 PM
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The solutions of you both are almost same. A couple of months ago, I read a report on the lives of these children. According to that report, most of these children are on the streets because of their parents because one of their parent died and othe got married second time leaving his/her children on the streets.
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Re: Street children
May 20, 2007 - 03:36 PM
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That is one of the reasons that Children are on the street. There are also many other reasons. Many families can only afford to feed one child, the parents have died, or the entire family ends up on the street due to drugs, unempoyment etc. Many children also may not live on the street all the time, but end up shoved between friends homes, or into shelters. If you want more info on Child Poverty I have lots of links, just leave me a message of what you are interested in.
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Re: Street children
May 24, 2007 - 03:33 PM
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Resently I'VE seen A GREAT FILM called " Invisible children". After watching it I made some conclusions. I think the most important reason that make people leave their children are their low economical, educational and moral condition. we should bring up in our children consciousness of people's life. And welleducated man will never have a lot of chilren without anything to feed them up. Maybe, ammount of children in a family should depend on salary of parents by law?
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May 25, 2007 - 02:04 AM
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I have yet to see that film, but I have heard it is very good.In regard to your comment you do make a good point about the living conditions we are bringing our children up in, morally, or physically, however I do not think limiting the no. of children allowed per family is best.The one child policy that was used in Japan is an excellant example of my point. You see, many families disposed of girl babies because they were not thought to be as useful, resulting in a nation of mostly boys/men in Japan now. I commend your efforts to understand the issue, but there are enough resources to go around. I think one of the main problems is getting the resources past dictators, and to the source.
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May 25, 2007 - 10:49 AM
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But what about the people in thise countries where most of the people are uneducated.
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May 25, 2007 - 01:12 PM
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in uneducated countries there are a lot of problems including problems with children. so the government or international organisations should put an effort in increasing of educational level in such countries because only real specialists can develope their country and solve the problems of children.
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Re: Street children
May 26, 2007 - 10:10 AM
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Street Children' are one of the major problem in the philippines. Even if you place them in an institution ready to provide their every need, they still go back to the streets because these is not the life that they use to have. They are even becoming harmful to the society because they are being used by syndicates in committing crimes because Philippines has a new law which states that children have no criminal liability-Juvenile Justice system. This law is taken advantaged by these bad guys in the society. 
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May 26, 2007 - 05:11 PM
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Ok, so what I'm gathering here is that although it is an international problem, there are levels of severity and each region has its own set of unique problems.I agree that the help has to come from within the country. One of the problems though is the lack on financial support from those countries.Speaking on either an international level, orregional level, what speically do you think needs to be done?For example, in Canada, I feel that we need the gov't to aknowledge that 1.5 children in their country are homeless, or close to it.They need to put in place the plan they promised to conplete by 2000, and havn't. I think we can help locally my working with the needy families, and supporting organizations such as YAC 2000.
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Re: Street children
May 27, 2007 - 04:25 PM
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Optimistsoomro wrote:
Street children can be found in many countries. Most of them are seen scavenging for food with no one to care for them. And, research shows that many grow uo to be drug dealers. What do you think can be done to to improve the lives of these children?
They're on the streets to get food, so give them free education and meal plans as long as they maintain minimum grades. Make it a boarding school, and they won't even be sleeping on the streets. Problem solved.
Unfortunately, many countries cannot afford that or worse still have the money but not the will to create successful public schools. Getting to the point where its feasible to clean up the streets this way is the hard part, and for that I have no simple answers.
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May 27, 2007 - 04:38 PM
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That is an interesting idea about the boarding schools. The same idea has been used in half way houses and has worked.I think along with getting them into the schools is the problem of keeping them there. These children has grown up on the streets, that is their world, and their nabourhood.We need to convince them that they can survive and be happy off the streets, that that is a better life.
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Re: Street children
June 1, 2007 - 08:03 AM
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I think we need to look at and address all the factors which :
- lead children to leave homes and be on streets: This will prevent homelessness. But this is also a huge task (as far as Indis is concerned.
- Sustain/maintain the situations due to which children stay on streets: Lack of opportunities for safety, well being and healthy relationships often maintain children on streets. the exploitative systems are much stronger than the protective systems.
- support children on street to work towards a life which is safer and focussed on a better future.
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Abdullah Soomro
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Re: Street children
June 21, 2007 - 12:19 AM
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lets hope for the better and prosperous future of these children. I think the best efforts can be put in by the youth of a country. If they have parents we should try to unite them. They lack motivation to live a better life, we should provide that motivation to them.
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