WHO THEY ARE

The majority of the Street Children are the product of broken homes, whether through the death of one or both parents or marital break-up.  They run away from homes where they were hungry, abused, neglected or abandoned.  The present harsh economic climate has increased poverty and aggravated the problems of the urban masses.  

WHERE THEY ARE

By Day they work as bus conductors, head-loaders (market porters), car cleaners, petty traders and helpers of local food vendors.  A few, mostly from the northern states, beg or  lead beggars.  When necessary they steal to survive.   By Night they sleep under bridges, in motor parks, in broken-down vehicles, on the beach or in abandoned, derelict or partly-built buildings.