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FEATURED ARTICLE *** “Children of the Dust” - Abuse of Hanoi Street Children in
Detention Human Rights Watch, November 12, 2006 -- ISBN: C1814 www.hrw.org/en/reports/2006/11/12/children-dust [accessed 15 August 2011] SUMMARY - Between 2003 and 2006, Human
Rights Watch received credible reports of serious abuses of street children
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ARCHIVES *** Voice of english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/01/762771/ [accessed 15 August 2011] With the assistance of the UN
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Hanoi Youth Union and the Hanoi Women’s UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/vietnam.html [accessed 15 August 2011] Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61632.htm [accessed 17 January 2011] CHILDREN - According to the Ministry of
Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA), there were 21,869 street children in the country as of
February 2003. Street children
were vulnerable to abuse and sometimes were abused or harassed by police.
International NGOs documented numerous cases of Cambodian children trafficked
to Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the
Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 31
January 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/vietnam2003.html [accessed 17 January 2011] [35] The Committee notes with deep
concern that, as recognized in the State party's report, family
disintegration, including divorce, is on the rise and contributes to the
increasing numbers of children in conflict with the law, and of those living
on the street and abusing drugs. The Committee is further concerned at the
growing gap between rich and poor families, and that poverty puts children at
greater risk of exploitation and abuse. [51] The Committee welcomes the
State party's ratification of ILO Convention No. 182, concerning the Prohibition
and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
However, it remains concerned that the incidence of the economic exploitation
of children remains widespread in the agricultural sector as well as in gold
mines, timber operations, the service sector and other private sector
enterprises. The Committee is also concerned at the high number of children
living and working on the street. Children found tortured, abused vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Politics-Laws/Law-Justice/205583/Children-found-tortured-abused.html [accessed 13 November 2010] According to the children's
testimony, they were raised in a children's home in Life skills education key for street kids english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2009/05/845870/ [accessed 15 August 2011] More than 1,000 children had travelled to Armed with a Paintbrush tyglobalist.org/index.php/20090115176/Features/Armed-with-a-Paintbrush.html [Last access date unavailable] LURED TOWARD A TRAP - Before joining AWAP, Thao roamed the streets from six a.m. to 11 p.m.,
marketing lottery tickets, postcards, candies, and other goods to tourists,
who chuckled at her insistent smile and broken English. Vi, another young artist, was
lured into an adult begging ring at the age of eight. An older woman used Vi
as bait to gain sympathy from foreigners, pretending to be her mother and
promising to split the profits. When a local policeman caught Vi stealing a
tourist’s wallet, he beat her to the ground.
“My real mother needed the money,” Vi explained, rolling up the
sleeves of her pajama top to expose the bruises. “I had no other choice.”
Many street children end up back on the streets as adult beggars, drug
dealers, or prostitutes. The cycle repeats itself. Mother courage Tuoi Tre
News, May 2, 2008 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] At a rented house in a suburb of
HCMC, 53-year-old Truong Hong Tam serves as a surrogate mother for these
abandoned youths, carrying out a mission to provide to others a foundation of
support she never had. When Tam was young, her father
left with another lover and her mom remarried, leaving four orphaned children
to fend for themselves. Seven-year-old
Tam often stole rice to feed her three younger sisters and many times she was
beaten as a result. The children slept
on sidewalk pavements and the oldest sister was prone to molestation by men
who scoured the streets at late hours preying on vulnerable youth. But the challenges of homelessness
ravaged the young girl as she became a drug addict at the age of 14 and a
petty street criminal who had to commit illegal acts to survive. Man on a mission Tuoi Tre
News, April 7, 2008 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] From early in the morning until late
at night, Viet would go out on the streets and research the lives of the
street merchants. He would approach
men, women and children selling goods on the city sidewalks and interview
them, aspiring to bring about better circumstances for the workers and their
families. If a child selling goods on
the streets expressed an interest in education, Viet would take him or her to
join a charity class. If another had
run away from their family, Viet would collect money to help the child return
home or would write to the child’s family to come and pick them up. All the while, Viet was compiling a wealth
of information on local charity classes, housing options, and organizations
that could offer help to the underprivileged children living on Greater commitment to AsiaNews, www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=11722&size=A [accessed 15 August 2011] In Thua Thien-Hue
launches project to support street children Thuy Trang, Thanhnien News, March 3, 2008 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] Under the project titled
“Eliminating beggars to enable a healthy town for tourism,” street children
will be recruited to live and study at five orphanages in the town. Nearly 300 local children live on the
street, according to statistics reported by the town’s Committee of
Population, Family and Children. Children’s tears This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] Every morning, when restaurants and
cafes around the Thanh Cong apartments in Tham is the youngest of three siblings.
Her family is very poor. Her father was a drunk who died three years ago. One
year later, Tham’s eldest brother died of drugs.
Her mother married again, leaving Tham and her
brother to a relative. Tham had to go to Man builds hope for street children english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/10/751056/ [accessed 15 August 2011] Before 1975, Ran was recognised as a beggar blowing his harmonica for money.
Wherever he went he was surrounded by a group of ragged children who came to
the city to make a living. Ran was an
uninvited guest to almost all the big parties in town, hoping to take left
over food for the hungry kids waiting outside. After the city was liberated in 1975,
together with a group of kind-hearted people, Ran gathered the street
children in one place to provide food, shelter and teach them how to read,
write and do simple math. He also taught them to be good citizens. Ran’s dream was
to open a home for street children. FRENCH FIRST LADY HELPS - One day he wrote a letter to
the French First Lady, Danielle Mitterrand asking for her support. Any street children in future? Voice of english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/08/726447/ [accessed 15 August 2011] The EC has committed
more than 6.8 million euros to help One Man and His Dream - Giving hope to disadvantaged
youths in Vietnam Judy Yates, Epoch Times, Jul 23, 2007 en.epochtimes.com/news/7-7-23/57942.html [accessed 15 August 2011] The legacy of the war in Former street kid becomes chef at five-star hotel english.vietnamnet.vn/lifevn/2007/07/719457/ [accessed 15 August 2011] Former street kid Mai Manh Cong never hoped to earn a decent living but with
every hand turned against him, another has helped him up and now he’s a top
chef in a five star hotel. One day due to hunger he collapsed
by Go Vap war memorial. A passer-by took pity on
him and took him to Sai Gon
Railway Station’s Club for street children.
This act of kindness marked the turning point for the youngster. Cong caught a whiff that a cooking
class was to start and he started saving all his money to pay for the
fees. Far from being put off by being
the only boy in a class full of women, Cong quickly discovered he had a
special talent. After two years of studying, he was awarded a certificate of
merit and when From then on, Cong’s
lucky star hasn’t stopped shining. As soon as he completed his internship, he
was invited to become a chef at the hotel. Reuters, Jun. 19, 2007 www.reuters.com/video/2007/06/19/hanoi-restaurant-aids-the-poor?videoId=57343 [accessed 15 August 2011] Street children and other disadvantaged
kids learn to cook delicious Vietnamese and Western dishes, tend bar, wait
tables and speak ''hospitality English'' at Koto before they go on to work at
some of the finest hotels and restaurants in Measures to help street children 02/06/2007 -- Source: ND english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/06/701896/ [accessed 15 August 2011] DISADVANTAGED STREET CHILDREN - At noon on a hot day, near the
wall of the Hang Day stadium, on Phan Phu Tien street, Nguyen Van Vy, 12, and his elder brother Nguyen Van Duc, 15, are seen working hard, shining shoes and
sandals. "In summer, fewer people wear shoes, so we earn a few
tens of thousands of dong. In winter, we earn double." Vy went on to
say: "We work here on Saturdays and Sundays. On other days, we work in
the morning and in the afternoon we go to school." A “support network” for 22 thousand street children english.vietnamnet.vn/lifevn/2007/07/719457/ [accessed 15 August 2011] 65 Drop in centres
and hospices in Ho Chi Minh City not only offer new
hope to the small abandoned children, they also give fresh opportunities for
work experience to students who want to work in the field of social welfare. Street Children at Risk Before APEC Human Rights Watch News, [accessed 15 August 2011] Government roundup campaigns to
clear Xinhua News Agency, news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/14/content_5327964.htm [accessed 15 August 2011] “Children of the Dust” - Abuse of Human Rights Watch, November 12, 2006 -- ISBN: C1814 www.hrw.org/en/reports/2006/11/12/children-dust [accessed 15 August 2011] SUMMARY - Between 2003 and 2006, Human
Rights Watch received credible reports of serious abuses of street children
in Citibank-funded vocational training course for street
children opens www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/260906/life_c.htm [accessed 15 August 2011] A vocational training course for
50 street children in During the three-month course, the
children will receive training in hotel services, refrigeration equipment
repairs and welding. Self-sacrificing xe om drivers ride to the rescue vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SUN130806 [Last access date unavailable] HELPING UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS - "Some of the children don’t
seem to trust us or believe that we only want to help them, so we have to ask
them again and again to go to class," Luc said. "But the biggest
hurdle is keeping the children practicing reading and writing because they
say it is too difficult for them, since they’ve been living freely on the
street for long." City tackles issue of homeless children english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2006/08/597297/ [accessed 16 August 2011] According to estimates by the
Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), the number of
street children in Helpline assists children and parents vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01OWN250706 [Last access date unavailable] As a joint effort by PLAN
International and the National Committee for Population, Family and Children,
the pilot project Helpline provides advice and assistance for social issues
concerning children, and after two years of service, has many success stories
about assisting children in need. The Helpline, 18001567 has become familiar to both children and their
caregivers with 93,860 calls, which exceeded the expectation of project organisers. Among child callers were students,
street-children, child labourers and children with
disabilities. Children aged 11 to 18
accounted for 63 per cent of total callers. Centres care for disadvantaged kids vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02OWN110706 [Last access date unavailable] "Who wants to buy peanuts,
sweets or cake?" one street child cries out cheerfully as she advertises
her wares to eager customers. Like her, street children in the central HCM City gives shelter to more homeless, disabled children vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01OWN040706 [Last access date unavailable] Children who leave their homes in
rural areas to move to the city tend to gather in groups, staying together in
cramped boarding-houses. Street children from Street children who come from Quang Ngai central province
live in a large group in the area of the two bridges of Nguyen Tri Phuong and
Y. They mainly sell noodles on the street. As a shoe-shiner, Cuong said "I earn from VND10,000 to VND15,000 each
day, but some days I have no food. Remembering society’s forgotten kids vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01COM260506 [Last access date unavailable] We have been successful in bringing
many street children back to their homes. In 2001, there were approximately
28,000 street children in the whole country. In August 2003, the number was
21,000. The number in 2004 was 16,000 and this past year the number was only
7,699, as of December 31, 2005. Project gives aid to street children vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01POP230506 [Last access date unavailable] Truong Tu
Son, a 12-year-old homeless boy working as a shoe-shiner in Ha Noi, lost his left leg in a traffic accident last year.
One of more than 2,000 children to receive help from a State project on
assisting street kids, Son was treated at a city hospital and then went to Ha
Nam Province’s Social Sponsoring Centre. Street Kids Wear Scars Of Abuse At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] Many children, girls particularly,
abandoned by their parents, or tricked into taking jobs under false
pretenses, end up abused, begging, and often forced into prostitution. Reaching out to street and working children - Doan's Story Plan International At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 August 2011] Doan’s world changed when his
parents divorced not long after his fifth birthday. “Nobody took care of
me, my father married a new wife, who did not want to care for me and my
mother went to The Growing Problem Of Street Children In United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 August 2011] Most street children in The children United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF www.unicef.org/vietnam/children_273.html [accessed 16 August 2011] ADOLESCENCE - HIV/AIDS is just one of the
many risks, which Information about Street Children - This report is taken from, “A Civil Society Forum for East
and South East Asia on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 12-14 March 2003, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 August 2011] A 2001 survey on 10,351 children
working on the streets of HCMC gave the following figures of street
children’s origins: approximately 9% are from the Street Children in Ms Duong Kim Hong, www.grips.ac.jp/vietnam/VDFTokyo/Doc/WSNovDKHongAbstract.htm [accessed 16 August 2011] The problem of street children is
one of the most pressing social problems in Street Children In Andrea Gallina & Pietro Masina, Federico Caffè Centre, magenta.ruc.dk/upload/application/pdf/f51d6748/Gallina_and_Massina_3_2002.pdf [accessed 16 August 2011] The report is divided in two main
parts. The first provides an extensive review of the literature on
disadvantaged children in patrick.guenin2.free.fr/cantho/vnnews/poignant.htm [accessed 16 August 2011] Tran Dinh
Phuoc was desperate to change his life. No more
stealing, no more telling lies and no more fighting. But in his line of work
it was pretty much against the odds.
At 15, Phuoc was shining shoes for little
more than 35 cents a pair on the unforgiving streets of VN To Buckle Down On
Childcare And Protection english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2004/03/142733/ [accessed 16 August 2011] The Government has approved a
six-year program to reduce the number of street children, victims of child
sexual abuse and children working under harmful and dangerous conditions. The Real Situation Of Street Children In The Director of Hoa Sua Restaurant-Hotel-Tourism, Speech for the Street
Children workshop, 2007-11-10 fss.mca.gov.cn/article/llyj/200711/20071100003566.shtml [accessed 16 August 2011] According to the statistics of The
Ministry of Labor, Invalid and Social Affairs, The current number of street
children in the whole country is about 20,000 children, with the largest concentration
in Description of street children in Low level of education. Street life without stability
(eating, living, health care, education) Earning their living from small
occupations : selling newspapers, polishing shoes, selling souvenirs,
hired labour, begging for food In general these are children from
small and poor provinces coming to the city to earn their living. Anh At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 August 2011] Disadvantaged children will be
able to get free legal help from a new social services center in Program Trains Homeless Kids Anh At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 August 2011] After 10 years of homelessness, Toan, 21, works as a cook’s assistant for Helping
street children learn and teach in Viet Nam Tin T. Nguyen, Our World, September 3, 2004 ourworld.worldlearning.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr003=0dvbutfke1.app6b&page=NewsArticle&id=5171 [accessed 16 August 2011] My name is Dat. I have dropped out of school; I would have
been in the fourth grade. I had to
quit school because my dad died, so my mom had no one to take care of her. Therefore, I had to try because I am the
only son. At that time, I had to sell
every single one of my lottery tickets.
The more I sold, the more I could help my mother. Education
and housing for blind street-children UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO www.unesco.org/webworld/netaid/edu/vietnam.html [accessed 16 August 2011] Approximately 200 of these blind
children are living in the streets in Tay Ninh. Economic hardship, mistreatment and family problems
forced the kids to live on the street. Educating
the Street Children of Chi Nguyen, Upfront (The New York Times Newsmagazine for
Teens) teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/voices/index.asp?article=voices0110 [accessed 16 August 2011] They are picked up off the streets
and brought to the shelter, where they're fed, clothed, and sent to school or
given vocational training. I was startled by their transformations, and touched
by how warm, bright, and optimistic they all were. Education the key to a better future for Foster Parents Plan, Education project in At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 August 2011] Foster Parents Plan is working with
the Hanoi Committee for Protection and Care of Children to give the street
children a better start in life. The project provides counseling, education
and vocational training and also supports children who want to leave the city
and return home. The committee has set up wards in four districts of Welcome to CHILDREN’S ART! Shoshana Lara Woo, US Fulbright Scholar,
Vietnam, 2004-05 and Children's Art Coordinator for Rossignol
Fine Arts At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 August 2011] Approximately 9,000 Vietnamese
children spend their days roaming the city streets. Many of them shine shoes.
Many sell lottery tickets or chewing gum. Others simply beg. They might sleep
under bridges or on park benches. They must constantly hide from
aggressors and police. Though they've learned how to survive, they still
face terrible risks that no child should ever have to face. Sister's Love Reaches Out To Street Children Of Catholic Leader, Brisbane, issue of 4 Apr, 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] In Agence France-Presse
AFP, hpn.asu.edu/archives/Oct98/0229.html [accessed 16 August 2011] Up to 16,000 children are
estimated by officials to live on the streets, mostly in the two cities,
although foreign social workers say the number is much higher. Most come from poor rural areas and are
exploited into accepting low pay or are forced to resort to prostitution,
begging or picking through garbage to support themselves in the cities. Street Children in Dylan Foley, The Progressive, December 1996 dispatches.tripod.com/international/street.html [accessed 16 August 2011] After Luong’s
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