It’s estimated that over 5,000 children were stolen by Tann and the society between 1924 and 1950 and that some 500 died at the society’s hands as a result of poor care, disease and, it is ...

The lives of street children 'cry out for attention' Date: December 17, 2014 Source: British Psychological Society (BPS) Summary: Psychologists and other professionals working with or studying ...

The death of a street child is not a rare event in Lusaka — that same week, the bodies of a dozen unidentified 8-year-old boys were brought into the mortuary — but in this case, the team ...

According to the Consortium For Street Children (CSC), a street child is defined as "one for whom the street has become his/her abode and/or source of livelihood; and who is inadequately protected ...

Having good intentions towards street children is not enough. We must ensure that our actions are based on evidence of what will benefit them, that we don't simply remove them from the streets so ...

While poverty among adults is troubling enough, poverty among children is worse — since these children are more likely to have low incomes as adults than their middle- or upper-income peers.

The street children ministry in Papua New Guinea was born thanks to the vision of Cardinal John Ribat, who was inspired by a group of poor girls in Port Moresby who asked him for food.