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[Playlist developed by Brian Horne of almudo.com & streetkidnews.blogsome.com] UNICEF - The Big Picture U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children work in agriculture and in the rattan and wood furniture,
garment, footwear, food processing, toy, fishing, construction, and
small-scale mining sectors. Other
children work in the informal sector selling newspapers, shining shoes,
scavenging … Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - According to the Ministry of
Social Affairs, there were 46,800 street
children across 21 provinces. Substantial numbers of street children were apparent in Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [79] The Committee welcomes the
introduction of the Social Safety Net Program for Street Children and of the
Free Street Children Program of Bandung Raya. It is nonetheless
concerned at the high number of children living on the streets and at the violence
to which they are subject, especially during sweep operations. Street
kids’ lives rewritten in recycled paper The gallery is home to 13 former
street children rescued by social worker Dindin Komarudin, the workshop manager since 2002. "They actually earn less here than the
did in the streets, yet they stay here," said Dindin,
36, adding that a child can make Rp 30,000 to Rp 50,000 a day in the streets, while he can only get Rp 15,000 to Rp 17,500 as a
beginner in the workshop. "Money
can be plentiful out there, but in this workshop they get the feeling of
security, respect and appreciation for their work," said Dindin. In the
streets, they can only run from one police raid to the next, and they face
exploitation and violence from street thugs, Dindin
said. Indonesians
in Focus: Dindin Komarudin The problems that street children face are rooted in
poverty and social exclusion, and are not amenable to quick-fix solutions.
People might assume that street children are not suited to working in the
business sector, yet one man holds the belief that going into business will
bring street children long-term benefits.
For the past five years, social worker Dindin Komarudin has been a
four-in-one-figure: a parent, brother, buddy and business partner for street
children. Over
one million students drop out of North Sumatra schools annually "Most of these students do
not want to quit school but poverty and their parents' encouragement made
them have to stop their education," Ahmad told The Jakarta Post. He said in more urban areas like Medan and its outskirts, many school dropouts end up
homeless and living and working on the street. "Currently, there are 4,525 street
children across North Sumatra. Of that figure, some 2,000 of them are in Medan and its outskirts and many are school
dropout." Riska, 11, lives and works near the Pinang Baris bus terminal in Medan. She says
she has been living on the streets for two years, earning money by washing
the windows of cars stopped at traffic lights. Riska said she
dropped out of school in the fourth grade because her parents could not
afford to pay the fees.
"Honestly, I didn't want to become a street person. I wanted to
stay in school. But my parents are poor so here I am." She said her father was a construction
laborer and her mother earned money by taking in laundry. Increased
poverty a real threat with new bylaw The new ordinance, which would replace
the 1988 ordinance on public order, bans anyone from opening businesses on
streets, sidewalks, pedestrian bridges and other communal areas. It would also prohibit people from donating
money to beggars, buskers and street children.
Academics, observers and legal experts have condemned the ordinance,
saying it was "ridiculous" and "inhumane" because it
discriminates some minority groups. 'Ojek' ride can be bit scary but is cheaper and faster On the motorbike with a helmet
provided by the driver on the way to my destination we were stopped at a red
light at a junction. As we were positioned at the front of the line, looking
around me I observed a group of children each of them approaching cars and
motorbikes asking for money. The eldest girl was no more than 12 years old
whilst the younger boys were between six and seven years of age. A little
tanned skin boy, with a chubby round face, no more than six years old came
and tugged at my pants. Looking at me with teary eyes, scruffy face and worn
out clothing I gave him some money. This was followed by the other children
approaching the bike I was on. Street
children in need of the most help with HIV/AIDS National Commission for the
Protection of Children secretary-general Ariest Merdeka Sirait said street children
are very susceptible to HIV/AIDS because many of them are involved in
promiscuous sexual behavior and are injecting drug users. “The spread of HIV/AIDS among street
children should be tackled immediately, otherwise it will lead to a worse
situation,” he told The Jakarta Post. “The problem is that most of them lack
knowledge about reproductive health and about how to protect themselves from
the infection.” He said street
children have been excluded from the government-sponsored program to fight HIV/AIDS
cases among high-risk communities, such as sex workers and drug users. Indonesia gets failing grade for juvenile justice system One of the most well-known recent
examples of this was the case of Muhammad "Raju"
Azwar, who was tried for assault stemming from a
fight with a schoolmate in Langkat regency, North
Sumatra, after being detained for several months in an adult prison. A UNICEF survey in 2005 found that
3,110 underage children had stood trial and were being detained in adult
prisons. Most of these children,
according to Santi, were the victims of abuse in
prison. Street
kids take two days off for fun and learning For most students, July means a
two-week holiday. But for street children it means two days off from
miserable life on Jakarta's streets and a chance to learn tricks that can
keep them alive. A two-day "Lindungi Aku" (Save Me)
jamboree in Taman Buah Mekar Sari, Bogor, allowed
around 600 street children from 16 of the city's marginalized areas to have
some fun and participate in educational activities at the same time. Jamboree participants joined a
discussion about drugs, sex and sexual abuse. Speakers from the Love the
Children of the Nation Foundation (YCAB) provided
the kids with information about the dangers of drugs and also explained to
them their rights. There are 10 integral stipulations
in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, also known as the Geneva
Declaration, on the universal rights of children: equality, food, normal
development, education, protection from exploitation, a name, relief in times
of distress, recreation, health and a nationality. Depok street kids learn for free "I opened a warung (roadside eatery) at the terminal. Street kids
gathered. I learned that most of them had stopped out of school, so I opened
a learning center in 2000," said Rohim, an
education graduate of a three-year vocational college. The center is financed by government block
grants and donations amounting to Rp 3-4 million a
month. One grant comes every six months, another is released annually. Rohim's small businesses like the warung, a print shop and a recycling plant also help
cover costs, the entrepreneurial, one-time student organizer added. The
recycling unit employs local scavengers who are also enrolled the center's
literacy class. Counterdrug Press Summary - 14-20 June 2007 DRUG TRADE AN EASY TRAP FOR STREET
CHILDREN - They live
with no roofs over their heads and no parents to look after them. They have
to deal with the toughest experiences the streets have to offer. And
above all that, street children are also prone to exploitation as drug
traffickers, recent research has revealed. Some 16 percent of street
children in Greater Jakarta are or have been involved in drug trafficking, a
study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) says. Sexual
abuse common among street children Amran, Brebes'
friend, started living on the streets after his parents divorced and his
father remarried without telling him. By the age of eight, Amran had already experienced the hard life of a street
child, working as a shoe polisher at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta, where he was also sexually
abused. "When I was a shoe polisher
one of my consumers sexually abused me and gave me Rp
3,000 (US33 cents)," said Amran, 19, who works
odd jobs to make a living.He said at the time he
did not understand what had happened to him. "I spent the money to play
a pinball machine game," he said. "But as time passed, I learned
that the person had treated me badly." He said most of his friends living
on the streets had been sexually abused by adults. "In fact, some of
them make a living out of it," he said.
- SCCP Seen
but not heard, life is tough for forgotten kids Jakarta's traffic lights inevitably
show a bleaker side of the city. As cars slow down at red lights, little
pleading faces emerge at windows asking for money. The time of day seems to
not matter to them. Pass a red light in the morning,
the children are there; in the day time, the weather-beaten children are
there; in the afternoon, as well as the evening, midnight, and even dawn, the
children are still there. From toddlers with their mothers sitting on the
roadside, up to scruffy pubescent teens, the children are a fixture of traffic
lights, public buses and parks. Data from the Social Affairs
Ministry showed the city had some 30,000 street children on 2005. While there
has not been another survey since then, volunteer worker Heru
Suprapto from the Jakarta Center for Street Children
said the numbers have not gone down. Makassar strives to ease burden on city's poor Through its social office, the
city will also conduct 'raids' on street children and the homeless. All residents, including children found on
the street during these raids, will attend guidance counseling and training
programs before being employed in the industrial sector. Ilham said the
municipality was working with the Muslim Charitable Donations Board in Makassar to provide training programs for street
children. Already 25 street children who
have been trained for three months in welding, motor repair and electricity,
are now working for a number of companies, Ilham
said. "We are now working
together with a number of relevant agencies (so we can) take over the
training center to train street children to become workers. "A number of companies have stated
their commitment to recruit the street children at least two workers per
company," he said. Poverty is the main reason why
children drop out of school to become beggars or hawkers to help their
parents. Although the Constitution assures them the right to a better living,
the number of neglected children continues to increase. The Jakarta Post
asked some residents for their opinions on the issue … 'Govt can’t help street children' While children are guaranteed
state protection under the law and in the Constitution, reality is often much
different. In Jakarta, neglected and abused children can be found at
virtually every major intersection. Australian man jailed in Indonesia over sex charges1 An Indonesian court
has jailed an Australian man for 10 years for sexually abusing street
children. The 48-year-old
language teacher was arrested in Jakarta in August after seven children
complained he had sexually abused them. Amount
of Street Children Rises The amount of street children in
Jakarta has risen quite sharply during the last two years. In 2004, the Social Services Department
recorded that there were 98.113 street children but by 2006, this amount had
jumped to 144,889. Soccer Scores with Awareness and Help for Vulnerable Street Children While the rest of the world
observes World AIDS Day on December 1, one of Indonesia's most vulnerable
populations, street children, will be playing soccer-- and learning more
about HIV/AIDS as they score. A collaboration
of Church World Service (CWS) Indonesia, the
Indonesian Ministry of Health and the Global Fund, SCORE -- SOCCER 4 CHILDREN
ON ROAD 2 EMPOWERMENT - is a program for street children, designed to
increase their knowledge of HIV & AIDS, using the ubiquitous game as an
entry point. Child
trafficking on rise in Indonesia "We only have to walk through
Kuta or any other tourist area at night to see for
ourselves the many young girls working in the street, or in many of the
clubs, karaoke bars or even hotels operating in the area," she
said. "Adolescent children who
drop out of school are the most vulnerable.
"They are trapped by poor education, with little or no work
opportunities. As such they are easy prey for traffickers." Ministry of Women Empowerment
child protection assistant deputy Soepalarto Soedibjo said there had been a "significant
increase" of sexual exploitation of children, with no significant
improvement despite recent efforts to fight the problem. Makassar Police arrest two for running begging ring Ibrahim said that according to Sampara, the beggars and street children were transported
to Makassar from Jeneponto
and Takalar regencies. Every day the children were dropped off
near at least 20 busy intersections throughout Makassar,
Ibrahim said. Sampara told officials each child was
required to collect at least Rp 10,000 (US$1.05) a
day, with some children being obliged to collect at least Rp
50,000 a day. "If the children
failed to meet the target, Sampara beat them
up," Ibrahim said. Indonesia
to send 800, 000 street kids to school in US$6.4b program The government is initiating a
program to send some 800,000 street children to school. Their parents, if
they also live on the street, will be trained for work abroad or in other
areas of the country. Australian
on sex charges in Jakarta The 48-year-old man, named by
police only as Peter, was arrested in his rented house in Jakarta on Saturday
after police received reports from two children who fled his house, police
spokesman I Ketut Untung
Yoga Ana said. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer
said on Tuesday the Jakarta-based English teacher allegedly had molested more
than 50 Indonesian street children since moving to the country in 2000. A
solution for street children Learning that the authorities
believe putting street children into shelters is the answer, the children
themselves have other thoughts. Most of them prefer to go back to the
streets, where they can make some money for their families, rather than
living a ‘normal life’. The
Status and Trends of HIV/AIDS/STI epidemics in Asia and the Pacific [DOC] FIGURE 15 - Since the economic crisis
developed in Indonesia in 1998, the number of children living on the streets
of large cities has increased. Many of these children have sex, and for
some of them sex is their source of income. Recent studies among street
children in Jakarta and Central Java found that between a quarter and a third
of the children were sexually active and only six percent had ever used a
condom. Not surprisingly, many were infected with STIs:
in Jakarta, one child in seven had a history of STI
and one in 20 were injecting drugs. To
give or not to give: The city’s moral dilemma ‘Giving street children money is
not a good solution. Streets have never been a good place for children. When
we give them money, we nurture them to stay on the street,’ Fabio Valentino,
a program manager of the Stop Giving Money To Children social organization,
told The Jakarta Post. Fabio, also an
activist with nonprofit group Sahabat Anak, said the streets have a serious impact on
children’s psychological development.
‘Living on the street means that the children have a greater
likelihood of being exposed to violence, physical abuse and exploitation,’
Fabio said. Malang street children join students for final school
test They do not differ much from the
other students in terms of their ability to absorb lessons. They even scored
on a par with regular students in the practice exam given earlier. "They have a very low
threshold for boredom, however. They are easily bored if they are in class
for too long. They are not timid in expressing things, perhaps due to their
exposure to the streets, so they can give an impression of being rough,"
said Eko, who is one of three teachers assigned by
the school to teach street children. Street
children at high risk of HIV A 15-year-old girl, one of the
hundreds of street children hanging around the Blok
M business district in South Jakarta , tells a group
of researchers that she knows about HIV/AIDS but has no idea how to protect
herself from it. "Some of us have had oral sex
and some of us have had sex with different people without using
protection," the girl, who works as a street musician, said. Information
About Street Children - Indonesia [DOC] What kind of problems do you
experience on the streets?: I’ve been raped,
and I have to clean the train if I want to sell food on the train
(16-year-old boy); My friend got all
busted up with a bamboo stick, and now the other kids make fun of him because
he’s crippled (17-year-old boy); I’m
always forced to hand over money, and my friends want to kiss me (16-year-old
girl); I been raped and I’ve been
bashed up (17-year-old boy) Street
Children Get Another Chance in Indonesia Before the shelter opened, most of
the children slept at the terminal overnight. Sometimes the police and others
would beat them or destroy their instruments. For girls, the risks
included prostitution. Even though most of the youth are from the Boyolali area, they opted to stay in the terminal because
it’s close to where they earn their money. And for some of them, it was safer
in the bus terminal than it was at home. Security
Tight as Tens of Thousands Protest Across Asia on Labor Day In the Jakarta demonstrations,
12-year-old Yusuf heads a delegation of around 10
street children, many who eke out an existence on the streets of the capital
by singing or selling snacks. He says the children want their
voices to be heard because they are here to support the rights of street
children and the rights of poor children everywhere. Street Children Need
Government Protection Too Teguh became a street singer,
beggar, robber, and "joki" or a driver’s companion on Social
Hierarchy and the Production of Street Children in Indonesia If identity and inclusion in state
go hand in hand both are determined by the fulfillment of specified state
regulations, then non-fulfillment result in non-identity and exclusion.
Street children in Although the only official study to date says that in 12 of Indonesia's major cities, there are around 40 000 child street workers, the number of working children is probably closer to 5.5 million -- the same number that have left school. The United Nations Children's Fund says almost 40 percent of young children (under 2 years old) are suffering from malnutrition The
Construction and Protection of Individual and Collective Identities by Street
Children A
scheme is providing accommodation for pregnant girls and young mothers In the wake of the financial crisis, street children have become a common sight at most major intersections in Preventing
HIV/AIDS by Promoting Life for Indonesian Street Children Iwan beat up another student at school. Fearing his father's
reaction, he fled his parents' home in the Indonesian city of Street children
learn to value their health in Yogyakarta Street children have no access to
the public health institutions. Nor do they have reliable sources of
information about health. Public
health centers and the polyclinics of public hospitals regularly refuse
treatment to street children because they do not have identity cards. Indeed,
street children without an identity card cannot access any public service of
any kind, including enrolment in school. Information
and Computer Technology for Indonesian Children The goals of INTERAKSI I were: (1)
to help two Indonesian NGOs working with street children to become more
sustainable through capacity building and the development of technology
skills they could sell and (2) to teach computer literacy to street children
as a means of developing potential income-generating skills. Japan Fund Will
Help Female Street Children In Indonesia Asian Development Bank grants for
poverty reduction projects will help victims of sexual abuse and child
prostitution in Griya Asih - A
Sanctuary For Street Kids It all started when the then
59-year-old woman opened her modest home to around 40 street children looking
for shelter from the deluge. They came in droves when word got around about a
kind lady who accommodated street kids, fed and clothed them. The report aims at sharing an
innovative experience of developing media with and for the street children in
UK
internet donor funds Indonesian street children center Gareth and Sarah Williams from
Berkhamsted have raised over £12,000 to support the
“Griya Asih” sanctuary for street children foundation’s project in 1.
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