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4 results foundAuthor: Ryckmans, Jean-Christophe Title: The Street Children of Nepal: Anthroposociological Study of Social, Cultural and Communicational Practices Summary: This study is based on ten years of observation and intervened on with the street children and youth who are “isolated” on the street and excluded from all parental or family support. They are either plastic pickers, thieves, beggars or money collectors in public transportation on means. These youth, these children are living on the fringes of the Nepalese society with their own habits, dreams and perspectives… This book has been structured in the following way: first, an introduction which explains the general situation on of the street childhood in Nepal and, paradoxically, the huge difficulty to “theorize” or generalize it. This introduction will open up new paths that the following chapters will take. It will set out different points of view (seven) which we considered useful to understand the street child in the complexity of his identity and of his everyday life. Thus, seven chapters which will deal with several different ways of looking at the street child, at a street group or, in a utopian way, at the street childhood in Nepal. Details: Kathmandu, Nepal: CPCS International, 2012. 304p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 10, 2012 at: www.cpcs-int.org Year: 2012 Country: Nepal URL: Shelf Number: 127194 Keywords: BeggingHomeless YouthStreet Children (Nepal)Street Youth |
Author: Gurung, Sundip Title: Silent Sufferers: Street Children, Drugs, and Sexual Abuse in Kathmandu, Nepal Summary: Objective: To observe socio-demographic distribution among street children in Kathmandu, and to identify associations between drug use and sexual abuse with regards to socio-demographic variables and predictive variables. Design and participants: A cross sectional study was conducted among 248 street children in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2009. Children were recruited on purposive sampling method and were asked about socio-demographic factors, drug use, sexual abuse, visits to/contact with family, gang involvement, and years spent in the streets. Results: There were significant differences among boys and girls with regard to ethnicity (p=0.002) and main source of income (p=<0.001) as well as with regard to drug use (p=<0.001), gang involvement (p=<0.001), alcohol consumption (p=<0.001), contact with family (p=<0.001), and sexual abuse (p=<0.001). After controlling the potential confounders, an association was observed between drug use and source of income among the boys [begging, OR of 4.9 CI (1.4-17), and thief/pick pocket, OR of 4.8 CI (1.1-24)]. Similarly, there was an association between drug use and alcohol consumption [Casual drinkers, OR of 3.2 CI (1.4-7.4), and regular drinkers, OR of 8.1 CI (2.0-32)]. Conclusion: The study provides important information on how distribution pattern of socio-demographic factors and predictive variables differ among boys and girls in street of Kathmandu. It also provides the information on association of drug use with regards to some of the socio-demographic factors and predictive variables. Details: Umea, Sweden: Umeå International School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Global Health, 2011. 34p. Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed March 18, 2013 at: http://www.phmed.umu.se/digitalAssets/91/91830_sundip-gurung.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Nepal URL: http://www.phmed.umu.se/digitalAssets/91/91830_sundip-gurung.pdf Shelf Number: 128009 Keywords: BeggingChild Sexual AbuseDrug Abuse and AddictionGangsStreet Children (Nepal) |
Author: Ryckmans, Jean-Christophe Title: The Abuse of Street Children in Kathmandu: A Research on Children's Experiences of Psychosocial, Physical, and Sexual Abuse Summary: The daily struggle that Jean-Christophe Ryckmans and his NGO Child Protection Centers and Services (CPCS) undertake in favor of street children in Nepal in general but principally in Kathmandu seeks to break the infernal cycle of violence and abuse that is the unfortunate every day existence of these children. For these children, this social and societal problem is about their stolen childhoods, the confiscation of their dreams and the exposure to dangers that no child on this planet should have to endure! The publication of the study on "The Street Children of Nepal" is an eye-opener which should increase awareness of this global problem and pilot research for a durable solution so that the Title of Jean-Christophe's book (2007) "L'Espoir Au Bout De La Rue" will one day soon become a reality. Jean-Charles DEMARQUIS (French Ambassador to Nepal) Details: Nepal: Child Protection Centers; Voice of Children, 2008. 146p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 28, 2017 at: http://cpcs.international/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-abuse-of-street-children-in-kathmandu_en_2008.pdf Year: 2008 Country: Nepal URL: http://cpcs.international/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-abuse-of-street-children-in-kathmandu_en_2008.pdf Shelf Number: 131394 Keywords: Begging Child Sexual Abuse Drug Abuse and Addiction Gangs Street Children (Nepal) |
Author: Child Protection Centers and Services (CPCS) NGO Nepal Title: The Street Children of Kathmandu: Study, approaches and comments on the daily life of street-based children of the Nepalese capital Summary: They are called Raju, Dinesh, Sunita, Bikram, or Akash. In the company of many others they spend their childhood and adolescence living on the streets of Kathmandu. In turn, they warm their frozen hands on the hot coals of a furnace, in turn they sing alone in the dark deserted streets scavenging for any profitable waste, in turn they hassle a passer-by to beg a couple of rupees, in turn they are happy when they fill their empty stomachs with a hot meal, in turn they are sad for having lost a precious trinket, in turn they laugh at the new pleasures that city life has to offer them, in turn they cry remembering the villages they left behind, in turn protector, in turn raped, in turn a player, in turn beaten, in turn a good prince, in turn hunted, in turn living and in turn dead - but in each step, each dream, they remain children and free. Who are these children? Where do they come from? How can they live without parents at such a young age? Are they tempted by soft or hard drugs? What dangers will their lives encounter? In what type of social context do they grow up? Are they surrounded by an education system? These are seven questions that this book will try to illuminate. Other than answers, in this book you will find a new approach to these various questions, mixed with emotions and life experience, as there exists neither theory nor formula to try to understand the magical, tragic and worrying lives that defines the street and the micro-society which the children establish. The service and street workers of CPCS estimate that the number of children living on the street is between 800 to 1100, for Kathmandu alone and its valley. This information has been confirmed by most of the major organisations and other research. This study focuses on these children in particular, as we remain convinced that caution should be used with regards to the multiple "categories" that illustrate the link between the children and the street. The contextual and situational differences between "street children, children in the street, street-working children, street-living children, children with a street-relationship, urban children at risks, etc" appear in effect to be more pertinent in detailed expert analysis than actual reality. This book is based on a survey carried-out with 430 children, 430 lives. In particular, it is the result of an unfinished common working platform between more than 40 people and more than a dozen Nepalese and international experts. The hope is that this book will convey helpful new elements, clues and suggestions that will prove useful not only to NGOs and social workers but also to the general public, as our aim is to reach as many audiences as possible. We remain convinced that it is through a society as a whole, and not only just organisations or governments, that we can bring about an improvement to the condition of these lives and ultimately the social rehabilitation of these children. With this in mind, we have attempted to base ourselves less on the statistics and analysis of data, but rather concentrate our research on children's interviews, illustrations and photos, and in particular on the advice of recognised Nepalese social workers and international experts. At first sight, they may appear to be a certain confusion as the reader is taken on a journey through scientific analysis, essays, witness accounts, and documents. Nevertheless, this confusion permits us to understand the complexity of the situation and the diverse analyses possible. Details: Dillibazaar, Kathmandu: CPCS Nepal, 2007. 194p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 13, 2018 at: http://cpcs.international/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-street-children-of-kathmandu_en_2007.pdf Year: 2007 Country: Nepal URL: http://cpcs.international/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-street-children-of-kathmandu_en_2007.pdf Shelf Number: 149114 Keywords: BeggingChild Sexual AbuseDrug Abuse and AddictionGangsStreet Children (Nepal)Street Workers |