NIHAWEEZA AFRICAN ORGANIZATION

Thursday, 2 August 2018

RIGHT TO EDUCATE STREET CHILDREN

Right to Education Street Children are obviously not educated. Because of this, they don’t have the same opportunities as other children. In fact, because they don’t see a future for themselves, and because they have no professional training, they are hindered from finding a job and from finally leaving the streets.

Right to Non-discrimination “People speak badly of us, they blame us for everything, and call us wad-bi or drogue-gnoudba.” Seen as marginals, street youth are often victims of discrimination. Generally, adults have prejudices that stigmatise them as “street children”. Consequently, they are often associated with the dangers of the streets. It is often difficult for these children to reintegrate into society. What can be done to help street children? The problem of street children is dependant on their situation and not on their status. In fact, each child has a personal history with the street that cannot be generalised. Because of this, the care of street children must, to be effective, hinge on the different situations on the streets, in other words, on the many “child profiles”. It is important to analyse the relationship a child has with the street. In order to better understand children living and growing up on the streets, it is essential both to make them participate, and to put them in contact with key institutions or individuals looking to understand the structural causes of their situation. .

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERD BY STREET CHILDREN

What are the problems encountered by street children? What are the problems encountered by street children? Street children are confronted by a large number of problems. In fact, growing up in an environment generally regarded as dangerous, they incur considerable risks. As a consequence, some of their rights are very often compromised. Right to Food Street children often don’t have access to a healthy and sufficient diet. Sometimes they don’t even have food, because living on the streets, they don’t produce any and don’t have money to buy.

Also, these children don’t benefit from a balanced diet: they eat what they can find. Sometimes, when they have the choice, they even favour unhealthy foods such as ice cream, cakes, etc. and so run the risk of malnutrition. Growth problems are also common with these children. Right to Health The health of children growing up on the streets is strongly compromised. In fact, they don’t have access to sanitary facilities: they are often dirty and infested with fleas. Also, because of their lack of hygiene, street children are exposed to different diseases. Their health is often troubling. Without a family to take care of them, these youth must take care of themselves. Additionally, street children, to escape their reality, often use cannabis, alcohol, or inhale natural gas. Unfortunately, these very hard living conditions, have a negative impact not only on their physical and psychosocial development, but also on their cultural and economic development

"ALL VULNERABLE CHILDREN NEED YOUR VOICE AND ACTION"We want the world to focus on vulnerable children whose lives have been devastated by poverty, poor health and education access.The Millions of vulnerable children who are missing out on an opportunity to have a self sustained future in Tanzanian. Everyone can help to make a real difference in the lives of children living in Tanzania.All interested Stakeholders, Investors, volunteers and donors world wide lets join together in improving the lives of most vulnerable children in Tanzania. Together we can wipe their tears and make them smile .