The Situation of Street Children and the Role of Ngos in Meeting Their Needs: The Case of Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | van, Theo (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ayalew, Dessale | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-02T11:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:56:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-02T11:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:56:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In Ethiopia, there are many poor, displaced, unaccompanied, disabled, abused and neglected, orphaned, and street children. The major cities and towns are particularly facing frightening problems as urbanization continues unabated resulting in a rapidly rising population. Such a phenomenon leads to shortage of amenities and puts the existing urban residents deprived. A realistic symptom of such deprivation is the alarming number of street children. The majority of these children work on the streets with some even totally living on the streets without any adult care and supervision. The study revealed that street children are compelled to work on the streets in their struggle for survival. By doing menial jobs they both support themselves and their incomes with the small incomes they earn. Out of the total interviewees 52 percent are children on the streets who work during the day time and return home during the night. Children of the street who work and sleep on the street are about 32 percent while the high risk children are 15 percent The major causes of streetism, according to the study, are poverty, family disintegration and instability, loss of parents, migration and maltreatment by parents. The study also confirmed that the magnitude of the problem of street children is increasing because a number of families could not fulfill the needs of their children. Although various services are provided by the NGOs to allBviate the problem, its magnitude is still increasing. Because the magnitude of the problem and the services which are being rendered by the NGOs could not match. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/10867 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Street Children and the Role | en_US |
| dc.title | The Situation of Street Children and the Role of Ngos in Meeting Their Needs: The Case of Addis Ababa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |