Home is not a place, but a reality — a set of circumstances that one is born in. But for the nearly 1.5 million street children in Pakistan, the only home they know is cruel, crowded and concrete.
ABSTRACT
We see children roaming on streets every day, they usually sell flowers, cloth, copies, toys, polish boots, and some survive on begging. There are 1.2 million children on streets of Pakistan including all the major cities and urban centers. According to UNICEF Street children are children who live on the street including children who live in public places, without their families; children who work on the streets, including those who earn on streets and then go back to their families in the evening; and street children who live and earn …show more content…
When families die children have nowhere to go and they go to big cities to survive or are picked by some NGO’s who keep them safe and secure, while they do not have to live on streets and suffer a lot of pain. During the floods children become the worst victims, as they had to leave schools and support their left families by earning for a living. The problem is a lot more serious than we think, mostly kids who are considered as street children are below the age of 4 and they are on the roads doing useless jobs for someone or they are begging on the roads, which has no room for improvement in their lifestyle and living standards.
According to the survey conducted by United Nations 72% of the children have no contact with their families and 10% of them don’t have any knowledge about their families. A street children phenomenon is a global concern, which affects 150 million children around the world. Other reasons due to which children are living on streets include natural disasters, industrialization, urbanization, domestic violence, and …show more content…
The city with highest number of children would determine at which cities the homes would be established. These headquarters would report to the Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education.
The number of homes at each province can vary from 9-12 depending upon the requirement of each. Initially the project would be funded by the coordinating ministries and to some extent by SPARC, and once established it would be much dependent upon donations and aids by people and charitable institutions.
• PHASE II
Initially the prime focus of each home would be to offer the basic necessities of life to these children. These necessities would include, proper shelter with the facilities of sufficient and nutritious food, water, and clothing
• PHASE
ABSTRACT
We see children roaming on streets every day, they usually sell flowers, cloth, copies, toys, polish boots, and some survive on begging. There are 1.2 million children on streets of Pakistan including all the major cities and urban centers. According to UNICEF Street children are children who live on the street including children who live in public places, without their families; children who work on the streets, including those who earn on streets and then go back to their families in the evening; and street children who live and earn …show more content…
When families die children have nowhere to go and they go to big cities to survive or are picked by some NGO’s who keep them safe and secure, while they do not have to live on streets and suffer a lot of pain. During the floods children become the worst victims, as they had to leave schools and support their left families by earning for a living. The problem is a lot more serious than we think, mostly kids who are considered as street children are below the age of 4 and they are on the roads doing useless jobs for someone or they are begging on the roads, which has no room for improvement in their lifestyle and living standards.
According to the survey conducted by United Nations 72% of the children have no contact with their families and 10% of them don’t have any knowledge about their families. A street children phenomenon is a global concern, which affects 150 million children around the world. Other reasons due to which children are living on streets include natural disasters, industrialization, urbanization, domestic violence, and …show more content…
The city with highest number of children would determine at which cities the homes would be established. These headquarters would report to the Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education.
The number of homes at each province can vary from 9-12 depending upon the requirement of each. Initially the project would be funded by the coordinating ministries and to some extent by SPARC, and once established it would be much dependent upon donations and aids by people and charitable institutions.
• PHASE II
Initially the prime focus of each home would be to offer the basic necessities of life to these children. These necessities would include, proper shelter with the facilities of sufficient and nutritious food, water, and clothing
• PHASE