The Global Street

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Comment by Anne Wanjiku Gakuru 20 hours ago

An interesting discussion. I have been involved for a while with initiatives of addressing street life. I do not believe there is a simple fix. The street families are now at least two generations. When you come into contact with one street person...there is a community behind them. Work with them, let them eventually choose to leave street life existence...it will take a while...a lot of patience, dedication and consistent work.

Comment by Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi on July 10, 2010 at 12:32pm

Dear Justin,
Sure,thats is a great concern to almost most major cities here in Kenya.The numbers of street kids grow each new day.They are exposed to all risks available.

These kids can be gradually removed from the streets despite the threats from their fellow colleagues.The rehabilitation models employed will be the determining factor here,there are a few best practices how it can be done.Hope we can still share more on this.

Raphael
Youth Intercommunity Network-Thika,Kenya

Comment by Justin Schon on July 7, 2010 at 1:38am

Since those of you that are in this group must be pretty interested in this issue, could you share any insight you have into how this problem can best be addressed? I am observing this issue while I am in Mombasa. There are a lot of street children here, and I have been told that the problem has been getting worse.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to remove these children from the street because their peers will not let them leave. It is common to hear about a child being killed by other street children because that child wanted to leave the group. The groups do have some support mechanisms, but they can be ruthless in enforcing their will on all of the children in the group.

Comment by PHOLO MVUMBI ROGER on May 28, 2009 at 11:51am

i am very much interested in children at risk and want to render them srevices.Do you know that my country is facing to to many of thoses cases due to long civil warswhich killed more than 5,000,000 people .Can you imagine how many street children we have in my country ?i want to join you and discuss about them.We want your support in this way and see how you can creat chapters of your actions in my country too.We really need support for this very important work Please let us know more about .