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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Crossroads of the Horn of Africa: Poverty Assessment POVERTY PROFILE - Refugees, nomads, the homeless
and those living in temporary structures, and the street children are highly
impoverished and vulnerable groups. Although refugees living in camps benefit
from food aid, and free health care and education, they face a difficult situation
and describe themselves as having lost everything, even their identity. War
and poor rainfall have changed the nomad's normal patterns of transhumant
behavior. Nomads cope by engaging in small-scale border trade, and receiving
help from relatives living in Djibouti-ville. The
street children, natives of Somalia or Ethiopia, live in dire poverty. They
left their countries because of war or poverty, but have few chances to break
the cycle of poverty: unable to attend school, they cope by taking odd jobs,
and eating out of trash cans. www.ds-osac.org/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=22054 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
TIPS TO AVOID BEING A VICTIM - Street Safety: Visitors to ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF - The Big Picture U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children displaced from Education is free and compulsory
for children between the ages of 6 and 16 years. Although education is free, the additional expenses of transportation,
uniforms, and books often prevent poor families from sending their children
to school. According to one estimate,
approximately 65,000 school-aged children are currently not attending school
in the country. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The government has also created a National Policy for
Youth that focuses on children not in school. Under this policy, the
government is encouraging community involvement and the use of Community
Development Centers that host activities for out-of school children and serve
as reading rooms for children in school. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN – The government devoted almost
no public funds to the advancement of children's rights and welfare. A few
charitable organizations worked with children. Primary education was compulsory;
however, the government did not monitor compliance. The highest level of
education reached by most students was completion of primary school. The
government provided tuition‑free public education, but extra expenses,
such as transportation, book fees, and chalk, could be prohibitive to poorer
families. School facilities continued to be inadequate. Teacher salaries
continued to be in arrears and a large percentage of highly qualified
teachers have left the profession. Approximately 20 percent of children who
started secondary school completed their education Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 2000 [45] The Committee is concerned about
the exposure of older children in the State party, particularly those living
on the street or working in port areas and along truck routes, to sexual
exploitation and to sexually transmitted diseases, including the risk of HIV
infection. [53] The Committee is concerned
about the apparent increase in the number of children involved in economic
activities in the family context as well as on the streets. [56] In view of articles 33 and 39
of the Convention, the Committee urges the State party to take all
appropriate measures to prevent the involvement of children in the
production, trafficking and consumption of khat and
other psychotropic drugs as well as to provide care and rehabilitation, and
to pay particular attention in this regard to vulnerable groups, including
children who drop out of school, live on the streets, or work in the port
area. Protection
Project - Djibouti [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Child prostitution is on the
rise in Djibouti. A government study, conducted in conjunction with UNICEF,
found that 73.3 percent of street children were Ethiopian and that over a
quarter of these children were exploited in the commercial sex industry. Most
are girls from the Dire-Dawa region of Ethiopia.
They are often brought by other girls to brothels, where they are forced into
prostitution. In Djibouti’s most famous sex venue, Rue d’Ethiopie,
children age 11 to 16 are forced to engage in prostitution. - htsccp United Nations
Population Fund Country Program Outline For Djibouti [PDF] 12. Drought, poverty and frequent
conflicts in the region encourage urban migration. Overburdened urban areas are home to
growing numbers of street children. www.ds-osac.org/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=22054 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
TIPS TO AVOID BEING A VICTIM - Street Safety: Visitors to CRC 24th Session 30 May 2000 - CRC Consideration of Initial Report on Djibouti The children had been arrested
because they had carried out repeated burglaries. After investigation it was found that the
children involved were glue-sniffers and small-time
dealers in marijuana. Their ages were
from 15 to 18. They were placed in a
juvenile center; they were drug-dependent and were in a bad state; none of
them was placed in an adult prison; they were convicted and placed in a
supervised center for secure education.
After they were released they reported to organizations dealing with
street children, and to UNICEF. CRC 24th Session 30 May 2000 - CRC Conclusion of Discussion of Initial Report on Djibouti DISCUSSION - The Government, with its limited resources, was having difficulty meeting the needs of street children, Mr. Abdou said, although civil society, through various organizations, provided some services; free health care was offered; as far as he knew, such children generally did not attend school, as they came and went too freely, although when they received temporary care from civic organizations attempts were made to teach them to read. Crossroads of the Horn of Africa: Poverty Assessment POVERTY PROFILE - Refugees, nomads, the homeless
and those living in temporary structures, and the street children are highly
impoverished and vulnerable groups. Although refugees living in camps benefit
from food aid, and free health care and education, they face a difficult
situation and describe themselves as having lost everything, even their
identity. War and poor rainfall have changed the nomad's normal patterns of
transhumant behavior. Nomads cope by engaging in small-scale border trade,
and receiving help from relatives living in Djibouti-ville.
The street children, natives of Somalia or Ethiopia, live in dire poverty.
They left their countries because of war or poverty, but have few chances to
break the cycle of poverty: unable to attend school, they cope by taking odd
jobs, and eating out of trash cans. All material used herein
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