ABSTRACT
Chandra
Sivakumar
There
are over 100 million children around the world who spend the majority,
if not all, of their time, working, eating and sleeping on urban streets.
They are faced with many challenges in the course of their day and the
situation only seems to be getting worse. The factors contributing to this
global phenomenon are as complex as they are insidious. This paper provides
a basic overview of the problem and describes innovative interventions
in use in various countries. In addition, data collected from a street
children school in Ghana will be analyzed within the greater context of
Ghana's socio-political structure. Finally, an intervention will be described
that is based in part upon the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930's.This
intervention will attempt to provide a working model for the rehabilitation
of street children.