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Mar 15, 2011

Attention: Global 100 million street children

Number of street children is so many needs. Global number of street children has reached 100 million, is the time to reflect, that give moments of love, work together to help street children, so that they can find a real home, find their own warm, don\'t let them solitary wandering.
What is the street children
Defined by the United Nations Children\'s Fund report street children are those of \"under 5 years of age between the age of 18, because of family or economic reasons, most of the time of the day spent in the street children\".
It was recently announced by the United Nations Children\'s Fund reported that street children worldwide is increasing at an alarming rate, about 100 million children, year in and year out, or regular Street, but no access to specific data for these street children. Report notes that these street children often become the object of violence and exploitation, street children, and even in some places are facing risk of being terrorists or anti-Government armed forces.
In the living conditions of the world\'s children 2008 report, United Nations Children\'s Fund lists the 60 needed on child survival and security list of priority countries. This one, has 38 national distribution in the Sahara in Africa, nearly two-thirds per cent of the entire list. In the 60 countries, also including all the countries of the South Asian subcontinent, most of the countries in Southeast Asia and the Americas Brazil, Haiti, Mexico and other countries.
Report said: \"the problem of street children is growing. Worldwide, every increase in the number of this group, the rate of increase in some areas even at an impressive level. ”
Report noted that in Asia, Africa, Latin America, as well as some of the poorest countries in the Middle East, of street children is very serious, and in some countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, this phenomenon should not be overlooked.
The United Nations Children\'s Fund warned that most of these chi

ldren into the streets, cut off contact with his family, far from opportunities for education or medical protection. Although the specific data relating to street children around the world is still not known, but UNICEF based on the primary school enrolment, as well as the universality of child labour, on a rough estimate of the number of street children in various regions.
The United Nations Children\'s Fund estimates that in South Asia, have three school-age girls and 9% boys not enrolled in primary school-age children, another 13% of the children forced to when a child labour. In the African Sahara desert region, at least 40% of school-age girls and five boys not enrolled in primary school-age children.

300 million children are being exploited child abuse
This comprehensive report according to this report, currently the world\'s total of about 300 million children are subjected to exploitation, threats of violence and abuse, which includes the majority of street children. In addition, with the increase in street children, a people previously unaware of the problem before now have been put to the people: some children are in danger of to be used by terrorist groups.
Report referencing United States non-governmental organization \"coalition to stop the use of child soldiers\" material said that child soldiers in Uganda is very serious. Where there are thousands of street children kidnapped by anti-Government armed forces, boy kidnapped or killed, or forced to join the Organization as a new baby kidnapper, being arrested for kidnappers to some of the girls were having fun.
The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child, should be as much as possible so that a child in \"a family environment, filled with joy, and growing up in a caring environment.\" The Convention also provides that all Governments should ensure that every child is entitled to free basic education in primary schools.

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