Life Of A Streets Children

Street Children: Rejected from Childhood on

How dangerous is the situation many of these little street children face virtually alone in such a hostile world! Thank God that Christians care!

Children end up on the streets for many reasons. Some run away from abusive situations. Some street children are orphans of war, tribal fighting, and AIDS. Some were born on the streets to homeless single mothers. Some street kids are teenagers with various disabilities.

When a family has a child with a disability, they may feel ashamed, so they hide the child during his early years, not allowing him outside where others might see him. If a handicapped child or adult tries to go to church, he is often met at the door and told he is not welcome.

So he grows up hidden away, untaught, unvalued, unloved even within his own home. Often in cases of remarriage after death or divorce, the children of the first marriage are not welcomed and are sometimes abused and insulted by the new partner.


Out to the Streets

When such a child becomes a teen, he is often thrown out to fend for himself, and ends up sleeping on the city streets. He may find partial shelter after hours under a store awning or under a makeshift booth in one of the filthy outdoor markets.