The phenomenon of street children in Nigeria results mainly frm family breakdown which culd b as a result of marital problems or instability in the home, poverty, hunger, insecurity, abuse n violence frm parents, displacement cause by clashes in d community, insufficient parental care, death of one or both parents, inadequate family income, unemployment of one or both parents, lack of or limited opportunities in education, abandonment by parents, housing difficulties, amongst others. Indeed, street children are found in large numbers in urban n rural areas. They work as vendors, hawkers, beggers, shoe shiners, car washers, head-loaders, scavengers n bus conductors.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 08:05:40 +0000
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