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ARTICLE *** Colombo street children left in the lurch Ananda Kannangara,
Sunday Observer Magazine, 18 July 2004 www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/07/18/new28.html [accessed 25 July 2011] Statistics reveal that only a
handful of street children are attending schools and a majority of them are
in need of a permanent shelter and a stable income to continue their
education. According to a recent research conducted by the National Child
Protection Authority (NCPA), a majority of street children living in ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sri_lanka.html [accessed 25 July 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/sri-lanka.htm [accessed 24 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Education facilities in the northeast of The December 26 tsunami left
thousands of children in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61711.htm [accessed 24 December 2010] CHILDREN - The law requires children
between the ages of 5 and 14 to attend school, and the government
demonstrated its commitment to children through extensive systems of public
education and medical care. Approximately 85 percent of children under the
age of 16 attended school. Education was free through the university level.
Health care, including immunization, was also free. Many NGOs attributed the problem
of exploitation of children to the lack of law enforcement rather than
inadequate legislation. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 June 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/srilanka2003.html [accessed 24 December 2010] [49] The Committee welcomes the
State party’s ratification of ILO Conventions Nos. 138 and 182 in 2000
and 2001, respectively. Nevertheless,
it remains concerned at the high proportion of children, including very young
children, working as domestic servants, in the plantation sector, on the
street and in other parts of the informal sector. School for street children opens in Gothamipura Rafik Jalaldeen,
Daily News, 10 June 2009 www.dailynews.lk/2009/06/10/news35.asp [accessed 25 July 2011] Ven. Gunawansa
Thera noted that a hostel for street children will
be set up in the “We are planning to build a hostel
for the street children to keep them monitored. Therefore, we will need more
funds to continue this process,” he added. Schools for street children will
also be started in the outstation towns of the country in near future. He requested parents who did not
want their children to bring them to this school before the child got dumped
in garbage or get killed. IGP Jayantha
Wickramaratne observed that most of the top
criminals and underworld gangsters have been street children. Gym team training to help Tsunami victims Phil Hill, www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/1573634.gym_team_training_to_help_tsunami_victims/ [accessed 25 July 2011] He said: "We want to raise
awareness of the children in "Only a handful attend school
and most are in need or permanent shelter and a stable income to continue
their education." He said
hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankan children are at risk', with around 4,500
street children in and around Colombo. Dons turn masters of humanity for street children Dhananjani Silva, The Sunday Times, June 03,
2007 -- Vol. 42 - No 01, ISSN: 1391 - 0531 www.sundaytimes.lk/070603/Plus/pls23.html [accessed 25 July 2011] When the children were first
brought in, they had many illnesses and deficiencies due to the lack of
proper nutrition, but with the assistance of the Serendib
organization, they are now being provided with well-balanced meals. Apart
from the formal education given in schools, instructors come in to teach the
children English, mathematics, and science as well as dancing, music, arts,
sports and scouting after school. Most of the children are orphans.
The parents of the others are allowed to come and stay at the home with their
child on one day of the month as a guest if they wish, but are not allowed to
take their child away even for a short while. “After they reach the age of
18, we find them employment and a place to live because by that time we
consider the individual a grown-up,” he said. Rehabilitation project for street dwellers Nadira Gunatilleke,
Daily News, www.dailynews.lk/2007/04/21/news25.asp [accessed 25 July 2011] The National Institute of Social
Development (NISD) under the Social Services and Social Welfare Ministry has
conducted a survey on street dwellers in Colombo Fort and the Pettah. The survey
revealed there are nearly 1,500 persons who use the street as a place of
shelter and as their 'home'. There were 29 children in the
group (17 males and 12 females) and 17 children out of this number had never
attended school while five of them were attending school. Most of the
children were living with their parents in the street. Ananda Kannangara,
Sunday Observer Magazine, 18 July 2004 www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/07/18/new28.html [accessed 25 July 2011] Statistics reveal that only a
handful of street children are attending schools and a majority of them are
in need of a permanent shelter and a stable income to continue their
education. According to a recent research conducted by the National Child
Protection Authority (NCPA), a majority of street children living in Information about Street Children - This report is taken from “A Civil Society Forum for South
Asia on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street Children”, 12- 14
December 2001, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 25 July 2011] Street children NGOs estimate 2000
street-living and street-working children in Response to Asian Tsunami - Summary of issues affecting
street children [DOC] Consortium for Street Children CSC Meeting, Monday 10
January 2005, –– CSC office At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 25 July 2011] In Sri Lanka, likely to be more
existing street children affected, especially those involved in the tourist
sex trade along the coast … Anticipated that it will be several months before
the extent of impact in creation of new street children will be felt and that
the effects will last over several years … 1 out of 2 HfC
projects specifically working with street children has had to close down Title: The Majority of the
Children in Asian Human Rights Commission, October 16, 2001 www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/UP-41-2001 [accessed 25 July 2011] [scroll down] 500,000 children are oppressed by
the war. 1.8 million children are
malnourished. - 200,000 children are disabled. - 60,000 children do not go to
school. - 15,000 street children exist. Scholarships for street children Current Affairs www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200409/20040909scholarships_street_children.htm [accessed 25 July 2011] 162 street children were given
Presidential Scholarships to mark the International Literacy Day. The children, who were selected from the
plantation sector, coastal areas and Kataragama, Ratnapura and UNICEF Call To Increased Action
For United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF Press centre, Columbo, 22 January 2004 www.unicef.org/media/media_19036.html [accessed 25 July 2011] The Action Plan is a combined
agency effort that links Government, LTTE, donors, Non Governmental
Organizations and UN agencies in a united approach to address the health,
education, and protection needs of children affected by war. It is estimated
that 50,000 children in the affected region are out of school, around 140,000
have been displaced from their homes SOS Children in SOS Children’s Villages www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-a-child/asia/sri-lanka [accessed 25 July 2011] A peace agreement was reached in 2002
and this raised hopes for a lasting settlement. However, peace talks between
the two sides broke down in 2003.
Approximately 800,000 people, one-third of whom are children, have
been displaced, sometimes several times. Of the 2.5 million people living in
the areas directly affected by conflict, approximately one million are
children under the age of 18. All material used herein
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