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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Street Children: A New Liberation Movement? Arnon Bar-On, Chapter 10: "African
Women and Children: Crisis and Response" 2001, ISBN 0-275-96218-0 [accessed 28 April 2011] [page 189] Another misconception about
street children is that they are highly individualistic or that they are driven
to individualistic behavior by their circumstances. Research shows, however,
that they are more likely to live and operate in groups, where solidarity
extends from sharing food so that "everybody at least gets
something" (Burling, 1990a, 1990b) to providing emotional support. These groups are also highly organized.
They usually have a recognized leader, whose position is rarely based on
harassment, while other members treat each other as equals. Indeed, it is as
if they create for themselves new families. For example, Vittachi
(1989) describes a group of children in Chile
who lived under a bridge. Every morning they drew up shopping lists and
distributed tasks, and while the older members went to work, the middle aged
children cared for the youngest. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/chile.html [accessed 28 April 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/chile.htm [accessed 28 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The National Statistics Institute of Chile estimated that 3.3
percent of children ages 5 to 14 years were working in the country in
2003. The survey found that the
percentage of working boys is higher than that of girls, and that the rate of
child work is higher in rural than in urban areas. The most common
activity for children who work is selling goods on the street and performing
odd jobs. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61720.htm [accessed 28 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – SENAME,
the ministries of government and health, and other government agencies formed
the Protect Network, which conducted general public awareness and education
campaigns to prevent sexual violence and abuse, including the commercial
sexual exploitation of minors. Nearly 80 percent of SENAME's
budget supported NGO programs, particularly those that worked with street
children. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
In August SENAME released a report indicating that, as of September 2004,
there were 1,123 cases of children and adolescents involved in the worst
forms of child labor. Of this number, approximately 68 percent were boys; 75
percent were 15 years or older; and 66 percent did not attend school.
Thirty-seven percent of the individuals were involved in hazardous activities
such as mining; 24 percent in commercial sexual exploitation; 21 percent in
dangerous jobs such as working with chemicals or toxins; and 14 percent in
illegal activities. Concluding Observations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1 February 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/chile2002.html [accessed 28 January 2011] [49] The Committee, while noting
that the State party has ratified ILO Conventions No. 138 concerning Minimum
Age for Admission to Employment and No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and
Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour and
increased the minimum age for admission to work to 15, expresses its deep
concern at the large number of children, including those under 15, who are
exploited economically, especially in the farming sector, and the large
number who have to leave school because they cannot conciliate work and
school. Jen Ross, The Christian Science Monitor, www.csmonitor.com/2004/0113/p06s01-woam.html [accessed 28 April 2011] HIDDEN TRAGEDIES - Francisco is one of the hidden
tragedies. His mother died giving birth, and his father was shot shortly
after that. He grew up in orphanages, and at the age of 7, he escaped to an
even rougher life on the streets. For half his life, he worked in the sex trade.
It was the only way to feed himself, he says. "I saw that other kids were doing it,
but all of them did it out of need," says Francisco. He is 15 now and
has been off the streets for three months. Francisco also had it rough. He
was beaten by pimps and clients. He now lives in a shelter called Margin,
which tries to get children off the street by helping them find alternative
forms of work. Margin is made up of former sex-trade workers like Maria, who
search the streets for others and offer them alternative ways to make money.
That was the selling point for Francisco.
"This foundation made me change," he says, a twinkle in his
eye. "I left prostitution and now I'm working, as a traveling salesman -
and legally." He peddles key chains on buses and is learning to make
crafts. Your Gifts Are Helping The Street Children Of Salesian Missions At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 April 2011] The Street Children: A New Liberation Movement? Arnon Bar-On, Chapter 10: "African
Women and Children: Crisis and Response" 2001, ISBN 0-275-96218-0 [accessed 28 April 2011] [page 189] Another misconception about
street children is that they are highly individualistic or that they are
driven to individualistic behavior by their circumstances. Research shows,
however, that they are more likely to live and operate in groups, where
solidarity extends from sharing food so that "everybody at least gets
something" (Burling, 1990a, 1990b) to providing emotional support. These groups are also highly organized.
They usually have a recognized leader, whose position is rarely based on
harassment, while other members treat each other as equals. Indeed, it is as
if they create for themselves new families. For example, Vittachi
(1989) describes a group of children in Chile
who lived under a bridge. Every morning they drew up shopping lists and
distributed tasks, and while the older members went to work, the middle aged
children cared for the youngest. I Connect Online Street Children Project Klaus Stoll, 2000-08-19 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 September 2011] The Street Children Telecentre project in The Protection Project - Human Rights Reports of The The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/chile.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - A recent study estimates that
4,000 children work in the commercial sex industry in Testimonials from Ray's Chilean friends [access information unavailable] Ray Gatchalian spent the last week of his life
"in Chile doing what he loved: engaging people, learning, sharing
of himself and his family, making connections that built bridges across
countries and cultures, showing his photos and videos, visiting with and
raising awareness about poor and abandoned children and about those who
devote their lives to helping these children. All material used herein
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