Streetsim

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There are thousands of children living and working on the streets of Accra and other regional towns, and the number in Accra is growing by the day. The problems of streetism and child labour are complex and the phenomena have grown over the years.

The problem of streetism seems to be increasing by the day. today, over 90,000 street children report daily at Chance for Children, a temporary caregiver centre located at Adabraka in Accra, just for food and counselling.
Most children, who find themselves on the street today, is because they have many siblings, therefore their parents cannot cater for them\" he said.
Kayayei, like any other children living and working on the streets, are vulnerable to all forms of exploitation and abuse, including what may be a higher risk of exposure to HIV/Aids, Cholera, Malaria and many other illnesses.
Children also work as domestic maids, porters, hawkers, mine and quarry workers, and fare-collectors. In urban centers like Accra, street children work mainly as truck pushers, porters, and sales workers. Several reasons have been adduced for the swarming of Accra, especially areas in and around madina and Tema Stations by boys and girls of school going age. 15 years old akwesi owusu has been living the street for the past three years.


It is said that dropping out of school, poverty, lack of parental love for children and peer pressure are some of the causes of the massive migration from the North to the South.
Everyday, more and more children are force to live to fend for themselves on the street.

There are thousands of children living and working on the streets of Accra and other regional towns, and the number in Accra is growing by the day. The problems of streetism and child labor are complex and the phenomena have grown over the years.

today, over 90,000 street children reported to be on the street of Accra, this street children work mainly as truck pushers, porters, and hawking the street to survive . These children are sometime are either chase from homes or violence, dearth of a parent and sometimes divorce. Some very young, I have ten years old akwesi on this dangerous street facing life all by himself. This are children with dreams, dreams on the street, ‘’THE CHILDRENS ART STATE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD A PERSON BELOW 15 BE ALLOWED TO WORK OR FEND FOR HIMSELF. These children sleep and live on the street …..byte

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