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Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children Federal Democratic The Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [map], located in NE Africa, is bordered by Eritrea (N), Djibouti
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increase in street children orphaned by AIDS “The street has been my home since
I can remember. It’s been more than one year since I moved here (Bahr Dar)
and all this time, I have not seen one good thing about living on the street.
Everything is horrible,” says 14-year-old Mandefro Kassa, who grew up as an orphan on the streets of Woreta, a provincial town in Ethiopia. ***
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of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In urban areas, children work predominantly in the informal sector
in activities such as street peddling, messenger service, shoe shining, portering, assisting taxi drivers... Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The government estimated the number
of street children totaled 150 to 200 thousand, with approximately 50 to 60
thousand street children in Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2006 [DOC] [69] The Committee is deeply concerned at the
increasing number of street children, especially in major urban centres, who are also victims of drug abuse, sexual exploitation,
harassment and victimization by members of the police force. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at
the stigmatization of street children and negative attitudes in society
towards them based upon their social condition. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2001 [74] The Committee is concerned at
the large numbers of children living or working on the streets of the main
cities in the State party, and at their lack of access to education, health
care, essential nutrition and housing. The Committee is also concerned at the
numbers of children involved in child labor. Understanding
Poverty's Impact on Children www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=43836 When the school bell rings, Alemtsehay and her three younger sisters rush home to
change out of their school uniforms and into tattered clothes to go out
begging around Bole Road, one of Addis Ababa's smarter areas. Accompanied by their five-year -old
brother, they roam the streets asking passersby for money. They are each
expected to bring home at least 10 birr (one dollar) a day. "I prefer to beg around Bole, which is
far from my home, because I don't want my classmates to see me and mock me as
a pauper," says 14-year-old Alemtsehay, who is
a grade five student. For Alemtsehay,
begging is degrading but she has no other alternative to get money, feed the
family and keep herself in school. At night they are harassed by men who want
to use them for sex, thus exposing them to HIV. Genet's story: A
life on the streets Violence and sexual abuse within
the home are among the main reasons children run away to live on the streets,
according to a report, the State of the World's Street Children, published by
a coalition of charities. In Ethiopia, an estimated 150,000
children live on the streets. The story of Genet, now living in a safehouse in Addis Ababa, is similar to those of many
such children, especially girls. A glimmer of hope in Ethiopia www.mayoadvertiser.com/index.php?aid=1575 There are twice as many Ethiopians
hungry today as there were during the 1984 famine when one million people
starved. This uneasy truth means that,
every year, up to eight million people, twice the population of Ireland, are starving or die of hunger. Ethiopia receives the most relief
aid but the least development aid in the world. More than 80,000 children die from malaria
each year. Untreated mosquito nets cost just €2 and treated mosquito nets
cost only €5. Average life expectancy
is 44 years, infant mortality is at 20 per cent and unemployment rests around
80 per cent. Most of the 75 million
people who live in Ethiopia survive on less than 50 cents a day. There are over seven million
orphans and close to half a million street children. Dancing to a
better future in Ethiopia At the age of 12, Jemal was one of 18 street children picked by the troupe
to receive dance instruction in one of the world's poorest countries. After five years of intensive training, Jemal became a world renowned professional contemporary
dancer, receiving the prestigious Rolex Mentor and Protege
Arts Initiative award for his choreography. Committee
on Rights of Child examines report of Ethiopia There were some issues related to
detention of street children and in connection with some arrests that had
taken place in recent times, the delegation said. The law was clear that if the
police were to detain a person, they had to be taken before the courts in 48
hours. There was also a policy of habeas corpus on which the law was very
clear. With regards to the detention of children in various incidents of
recent civil unrest, there had been supervision by the courts and the
prosecution, with the result that some of these schoolboys had had their
prosecution dropped and the suspects had been released. There were a lot of
street-children in Addis Ababa, and they were not detained merely because
they were street-children. Woman
sells possessions to build a children's home in Ethiopia Work on a home for sick street
children in Ethiopia, being funded by 70-year-old Monica Tonna
Barthet, is on schedule. Ms Tonna Barthet is building the home in Addis Ababa under the
umbrella of the Kebena Kidane
Mihret Catholic Church. She bought the land earlier
this year, construction started soon after and the home should hopefully take
in its first children in March. The primary objective of the
Angels Children's Home is to provide care and support for about 25 sick
street children by creating a nurturing environment where the children can
live together as a family. Child Prostitution in Ethiopia www.childexploitation.org/prostitution3.html "I've been working on the
street for 3 years because I had a conflict with my parents. My stepfather
used to get drunk and beat us. Also, he used to favour
my sister who is his real daughter. I met some girls on the street and I
began to get close with them. I became friends with them, and we're still
friends. Two of the older girls used to work and give us the money to live.
All I used to think about was my family, but these people were good to me so
I followed them. I was really hurt by my family experience and these people
were nice to me. Goal activities - Sep 2006 www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6TTS9A?OpenDocument ETHIOPIA - GOAL’s street children’s programme in Addis Ababa has two drop-in centres providing access to healthcare (including
HIV/AIDS support), meals, counselling, education,
sport, washing facilities, and recreation activities for children. Five night
shelters provide over 200 bed spaces for vulnerable, homeless children. In
pictures: Underground children IN HIDING - Blink and you will miss the
underground children in Ethiopia's capital city. They live in tunnels, sewers and drainage
holes, hidden beneath Addis Ababa's teeming streets. They move from one makeshift shelter to the
next, chased away by police or the rivers of water and refuse that flow when
the rains come. Growing up amidst the
traffic, they learn to hustle at a young age seeking change or selling small
items to drivers at traffic lights. Child
Protection: Street Children Assefa Bequele
is the executive director of the African Policy Forum, an advocacy center in
Ethiopia. VOA English to Africa reporter
Angel Tabe asked him why children end up living on
the streets. “The breakdown of family structures, for example the rising
level of divorce, poverty, school system not progressing, orphans
as a result of the AIDS pandemic, communities have failed to provide a
conducive ecology for families and the state, to provide for the basic needs
of its people.” Babies are
booming export in the land of 5m orphans There are estimated to be 50,000
street children in the centre of Addis Ababa. Some have lost their parents to
Aids, some have run away from abusive
relatives. Others, particularly girls,
have been abducted and brought to the city by Fagin-like older men. “They are forced to work in workshops or as
maids,” says Dagmawi Alemayeau,
of the Forum on Street Children. “Often they are pushed into prostitution.” - htsccp Arrive. Make a Scene. Take A Photo. Leave noyau.com/%7Erwalsh/wordpress/?p=77 The main reason I did not want to
attract attention is because the Federal Police are notorious for treating
street kids inhumanely, and I did not want them to find these kids’ shelter.
They would no doubt run them off, and the boys would be in an even worse
position. Steady
increase in street children orphaned by AIDS “The street has been my home since
I can remember. It’s been more than one year since I moved here (Bahr Dar)
and all this time, I have not seen one good thing about living on the street.
Everything is horrible,” says 14-year-old Mandefro Kassa, who grew up as an orphan on the streets of Woreta, a provincial town in Ethiopia. Poverty hits hard on Ethiopia’s vulnerable kids www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=385126 Their personal accounts of
survival in poverty are emotionally gripping and profoundly disgusting, yet Background
Report On Street Children In Ethiopia UNICEF estimates that there are
more than 150-thousand street children in the country and economic problems
have made many of them assume responsibilities normally reserved for
adults. Their ages range mostly
between eight and 20. They include
orphaned, disabled, neglected, and abandoned children all over the country. They can be seen on any day, wearing torn
clothes, roaming barefoot, and begging motorists and
pedestrians in Circus In
Ethiopia For Street Children And AIDS Orphans The circus is more than performing
feats. Street children and AIDS orphans there are trained as performers, and
their songs deal with topics including AIDS and children's rights. Focus
on the Plight of Street Children Surviving on scraps from garbage she
soon became sick, her stomach infested with worms and her skin and hair
riddled with lice. But Frehiwot is lucky. She is
described as a success story – plucked from the streets of ETHIOPIA: Focus on street children rehabilitation project MORE THAN HALF A MILLION STREET
CHILDREN - Aid
agencies estimate nearly 600,000 street children country-wide and over
100,000 in Addis Ababa. UNICEF says the problem may be getting worse
because of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and falling incomes. HIV/AIDS has already
orphaned 1 million children in Ethiopia. Information
about Street Children - Ethiopia [DOC] CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES - Extreme level of poverty cannot be easily tackled with piecemeal program activities; rural/urban disparities and the prevalence of traditional practices and customs in rural areas; Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs does not have adequate resources and capacity to address the ever-increasing problems of children. Cruel and Inhumane
Actions Against Street Children in Addis Ababa According to the information
received, as of February 2001, the government tried to solve this problem by
rounding them up, taking them to and abandoning them to hyenas and other wild
animals in forests outside the city. A number of the children that EHRCO has been able to interview reported that some of
their friends, especially the very young and weak, which had been taken with
them to these forests, have so far not returned. All material used herein
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