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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Bands Of Children Back On Streets In San José A.M. Costa Rica, May 7, 2002 www.amcostarica.com/050702.htm [accessed 5 May 2011] Bands of young thieves, called
"chapulines" in Spanish, have reappeared
on the streets of ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/costarica.html [accessed 5 May 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/costa-rica.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The “National Agenda for Children and Adolescents,
2000-2010,” aims to prevent and eliminate the worst forms of child labor and achieve
100 percent retention of children in basic education by the year 2010. In addition, the Government of Costa Rica
is implementing a national plan to eliminate child labor. The Government is also providing small
loans to families with children at-risk of working. The Government supports a radio campaign
aimed at raising awareness on the plight of street children, and
stay-in-school programs are offered to child victims of trafficking. In April 2004, the government and Save the
Children-Sweden launched an awareness-raising campaign against trafficking
and exploitation at Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61722.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] CHILDREN - The government, security
officials, and child advocacy organizations acknowledged that the commercial
sexual exploitation of children remained serious problems. PANI estimated
that three thousand children suffered from commercial sexual exploitation and
street children in the urban areas of Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/costarica2005.html [accessed 30 January 2011] [51] The Committee regrets the
lack of information on street children in the State party’s report, while the
occurrence of children living in the street appears to be widespread. The
concern is accentuated by the fact that, as indicated by the State party, a
high number of street children are addicted to drugs and are victims of
sexual exploitation. Committee
On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) Starts Review Of Report UN Press Release, HR/CRC/00/9, 14 January 2000 www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/8DA2A7240731ECB48025686900378091?opendocument [accessed 5 May 2011] Concerning street children, the
Government had established institutions, which developed alternative living conditions
for children in the street and without shelter. The National Children's Trust
also played an important role in promoting the welfare of street children
through programs of rehabilitation. Already, specific programs had been
executed in Bands Of Children Back On Streets In A.M. Costa Rica, May 7, 2002 www.amcostarica.com/050702.htm [accessed 5 May 2011] Bands of young thieves, called
"chapulines" in Spanish, have reappeared
on the streets of Street
Children Transformed Into Ordinary Teens Jay Brodell, Editor of A.M.
Costa Rica, Feb. 26, 2002 www.amcostarica.com/022602.htm [accessed 5 May 2011] They were society’s rejects. The
street children of Solvent based shoe glues as a principal "drug".
Company operating without legal permit Solvent based glues, worse than heroin boes.org/actions/america/central/casa6.html [accessed 5 May 2011] Although they are chemicals,
solvent based shoe glues are the principal "drug" of choice amongst
the estimated 40 million street children in Country information: www.child-hood.com/index.php?id=713&type=6&type=5 [accessed 5 May 2011] COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF
CHILDREN IN TOURISM -
Children are enticed by promises of well-paid jobs and end up being sexually
exploited for commercial gain. The same fate can befall the street children,
of which there are estimated to be some 8,000 in San José. Casa Alianza Report Reveals
Challenges Ahead Tim Rogers, Tico Times, October
02, 2002 www.ticotimes.net/dailyarchive/2002_10/Week1/10-02-02.htm#story_three [accessed 5 May 2011] The long-awaited report on the
state of Street
Children Campaign Launched In Inside insidecostarica.com/specialreports/street_children.htm [accessed 5 May 2011] 147.000 children in A
Throwaway Generation Deann Alford in www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/april24/24.32.html [accessed 5 May 2011] Martha and Angie, both crack
addicts, live on the streets of SOS
Children in SOS Children's Villiages www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-a-child/americas/costa-rica [accessed 5 May 2011] PUERTO LIMÓN - The second Costa Rican SOS
Children community opened in 2000 in Puerto Limón
on the Caribbean coast, one of poorest parts of the country with many social
problems. SOS Children's Village Limón has ten
family houses, providing a home for over 100 children and a kindergarten for
children between 3 and 6 years old from both the SOS Children's Village and
the neighborhood. Street Children Get A Second Chance United Bible Societies, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 5 May 2011] The Bible Society of Costa Rica is
aiming to change the lives of some of the estimated 143,000 street children
who work the streets of the capital, All material used herein
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