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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Care And Respect On
The Streets Of Bamako r Ben Aboubacar, Medical Coordinator, SAMU Social Mali -- ECPAT International Newsletters, Issue No.
49, January 1, 2005 At one time this article
had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June
2011] Every night at 8
o’clock in ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF
– www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mali.html [accessed 19 June
2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/mali.htm [accessed 20
February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In some cases, children work as street beggars under
a traditional Koranic educational system in which the children are forced
into begging by their religious teachers as part of the learning
process. Primary education is
compulsory and free through the age of 12. However, students must pay
for their own uniforms and school supplies to attend public schools. The Malian education system is marked by
extremely low rates of enrollment, attendance, and completion, particularly
among girls. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Government of
Mali continues to implement a 10-year education sector policy that aims to
reach a primary enrollment rate of 75 percent and improve educational quality
and outcomes by 2008. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61580.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] CHILDREN
-
Education was tuition free and, in principle, is open to all, although the
majority of students left school by age 12. Students had to provide their own
uniforms and supplies to attend public schools. While primary school was
compulsory up to the age of 12, only 53.4 percent of children in the 7-12 age
group received a basic education owing to a lack of primary schools,
especially in rural areas where 80 percent of the population lived. The Koranic schools
were independent institutions that depended on parents' donations and money
the children (known as garibouts) received from begging on the streets. Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 8 October 1999 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/mali1999.html [accessed 20
February 2011] [12] The Committee
is concerned that the current data collection mechanism is insufficient to
ensure the systematic and comprehensive collection of disaggregated
quantitative and qualitative data for all areas covered by the Convention in
relation to all groups of children, in order to monitor and evaluate progress
achieved and assess the impact of policies adopted with respect to children.
The Committee recommends that the system of data collection be reviewed with
a view to incorporating all the areas covered by the Convention. Such a
system should cover all children up to the age of 18 years, with specific
emphasis on those who are particularly vulnerable, including: girls; children
with disabilities; child laborers, especially domestic workers; garibou
students; children living in remote rural areas; child brides; children
working and/or living on the streets; children living in institutions; and
refugee children. The www.pr.com/press-release/66711 [accessed 19 June
2011] Education is seen
as a priority at national and village levels in “How shall you
learn or find a job without being able to read and write? Education holds the
key for sustainable development in action, you see the difference child per
child” says Youchaou Traore,
Director of the non-governmental organization (NGO) that has been officially
registered to undertake activities in Mali. Youchaou was a street-child
himself, without access to education for many years. He decided to leave the
begging in the streets behind him when he got the chance to go to school
where he learned enthusiastically. Education pulled him out of poverty and
allowed him to become a renowned translator for international organizations.
Now he runs the flagship school of the Mali Initiative in Bamako. Information
about Street Children - Mali [DOC] This report was
based on a paper submitted by Mr Felix Toumany Kangama (Caritas At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June
2011] One NGO study in
2002 suggested that there were around 4,300 street children in the Defining A National
Care Plan For Kids At Risk UN Integrated
Regional Information Networks IRIN PlusNews, www.irinnews.org/report/38659/mali-defining-a-national-care-plan-for-kids-at-risk [accessed 10 March
2015] WHAT ABOUT STREET
CHILDREN? But anti-AIDS activists and the private
sector admit they are incapable for the moment of tracking down AIDS orphans
or children at risk among street children, young delinquents and migrants or
young workers. Furthermore, you can't
give ARVs to children who are homeless, you can't keep them under
supervision, they're alone, don't know where to spend the night, some of them
disappear. There's nothing you can do. EDUCATION:
UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO, At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June
2011] “We want to
demonstrate the enormous but neglected talent of these boys and girls living
on the street” comments Migeon. “Many of them have been in school but have
often been rejected by it. We therefore need to listen to the youngsters’ own
ideas about how to bring them back into society or they’ll just run away from
us.” Protection Project
- The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/mali.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - Poverty affects over half of the
population of ECPAT International
Annual Report - July 2004 - June 2005 [PDF] ECPAT International At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June
2011] [page 156] In Our Projects in Save the Children - At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June
2011] EDUCATION - Save the
Children Canada works to ensure that children employed in paid and unpaid
household farming activities, street children and others who have dropped out
of school, are able to access formal and non-formal education including night
schools, internships, and apprenticeships with employers. Food Insecurity Islamic relief www.islamicreliefusa.org/where-we-work/mali [accessed 19 June
2011] Extended droughts
and locust invasions have devastated harvests and plagued millions of Malians
with starvation and malnutrition. 80
percent of Malians work in the agricultural sector, according to the United
Nations’ 2007/2008 Human Development Report (HDR), further amplifying the
adverse effects of a drought. Prices
of many staple foods have doubled in the Malian market, forcing the poorest
people to abandon their villages and search for food in the desert. A recurring pattern since 2005, food
shortages in the region have forced millions of Malians to rely heavily on
foreign aid for survival [PREVIOUSLY POSTED
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Dozens of villages have been abandoned as their hungry residents wander the
desert in search of food. Some people head for the towns and cities, or even
neighboring countries. “I have no means to face this famine,” explains Zali Adamou, a 90-year-old widow from the Tillaberi region in [PREVIOUSLY POSTED ON THIS SITE] Numbers are large and growing, social support systems are overwhelmed, poor socialization, children care for children, social upheaval, Female headed household of orphans families are becoming common and juvenile, delinquencies combined with street children are raising. All
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