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situation in HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking for
material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on this
page and others to see which aspect(s) of street life are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring how children got there, how they survive, and how
some manage to leave the street.
Perhaps your paper could focus on how some street children abuse the
public and how they are abused by the public … and how they abuse each
other. Would you like to write about
market children? homeless children? Sexual and labor exploitation? begging? violence? addiction? hunger? neglect? etc. There is a lot to the subject of Street
Children. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
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the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Timorese teens work
the streets as violence rises Agence France-Presse AFP, Dili, Jan 21, 2008 www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/01/21/2003398161 [accessed 9 May
2011] Tout arrived here with two brothers and together they work the streets daily selling inexpensive items such as snacks, soft drinks, cigarettes and sweets. Tout's 17-year-old brother completed elementary school but his younger brother, 14, had no schooling at all. The three came to Dili with US$60 from their widowed mother and a three-wheeled cart, and rent a room for US$15 a month. "My mother wasn't able to pay for our school anymore," Tout said. "I'm sad, because I can't continue my education like other children and so I've lost the chance for a better future, but I have no other choice," he said. With a profit of US$10 to US$15 each day, the three can send around US$150 home to their mother each month. Typically the money children send home supports not just their immediate but also extended families. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61607.htm [accessed 8 February
2020] CHILDREN
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According to a UN study, approximately 25 percent of primary education age
children nationwide were not enrolled in school; the figures for rural areas
were substantially worse than those for urban areas. Only 30 percent of
children in lower secondary education (ages 13 to 15) were enrolled, with an
even greater difference between urban and rural areas. At least 10 percent of
children did not begin school. These statistics were fairly consistent for
both male and female students. Timor-Leste: Human
Rights Overview Canada Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, January 2004 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 May
2011] BACKGROUND - HUMAN
RIGHTS ISSUES
- Access to education for children is also a growing problem, particularly
when coupled with an increase in the number of street children and orphans.
Despite these concerns, literacy rates remain high. There is not yet a
juvenile court or separate prisons for juvenile offenders. Adequate access to
health care is also a concern. Simon and Garfunkel
guitar raises funds for street children Australian
Broadcasting Corporation ABC Radio [accessed 17 January
2017] A guitar signed by
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel raised more than 10-thousand US dollars for Tools For Change:
Children At Risk Fiona Hamilton,
Donor Relations Officer, World Vision, 20 May 2005 [accessed 9 May
2011] Beginning this
week, 29 children aged between 13 and 18 commenced full time electronic
repairs training at the Speeches
- Address To The Security Council Meeting On Children In Armed Conflict United Nations
Children's Fund UNICEF, www.unicef.org/media/media_9759.html [accessed 9 May
2011] There are still
many children with no opportunity to get education. Some of them spend their
time on the street to sell newspapers, CDs and other things to get money.
Some children just put out their hands to ask for money. The money that they
get might be used to pay for their school or they give it to their parents,
but some of them are forced to give the money to those people that threaten
them on the streets. Briefing
Paper To Donors Meeting NGO: Children and
Youth, The East Timor National NGO Forum, members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/01junchildren.htm [accessed 9 May
2011] STREET-CHILDREN - Some work has begun
with these children by church groups and NGOs, mostly volunteers. However,
there is a need for substantive projects to help these children back to
school and into their communities.
Some groups have been working towards a center in Dili to develop
training, school opportunities and activities for these children, but have
been delayed by lack of resources. Vulnerable
Report - AlertNet, 07 Mar 2003 reliefweb.int/node/120707 [accessed 9 May
2011] Urgent measures are
needed in HIV/AIDS prevention. Extreme poverty, the large number of street
children and prostitution could lead to an unprecedented explosion of the
epidemic. The lack of educational
materials and a shortage of qualified teachers, the absence of a defined
curriculum and the difficulties associated with re-introducing the Portuguese
language are challenges that will take years to overcome. All
material used herein reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107
for noncommercial, nonprofit, and educational use. PLEASE RESPECT COPYRIGHTS OF COMPONENT
ARTICLES. Cite this webpage as: Patt,
Prof. Martin, "Street Children - Timor Leste
(East Timor)", http://gvnet.com/streetchildren/EastTimor.htm, [accessed
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