The Phenomenon of Street Children: An Aftereffect of

Globalized Poverty

StreetA street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as concrete, cobblestone or brick. 

““STILL ALIVE”STILL ALIVE”-when you are on the -when you are on the streets you might get streets you might get

stabbed or rape- stabbed or rape- AithoneAithone

HOW DOES A HOW DOES A YOUNG BOY OR YOUNG BOY OR GIRL BECOME GIRL BECOME

STREET CHILD?STREET CHILD?

STREET CHILDRENA street child is a child who lives on the streets of a city, deprived of family care and protection.

Children who have no home but the streets, and no family support. 

Street children are young people who spend a considerable time living and/or working on the streets of the world’s cities. 

Two general categories have been frequently used to describe street children.

Children working in the streets

Children working on the streets who maintain regular contact with their families

Different countries describe street children in different ways. However, two general categories have been frequently used to describe them:

•children living and working in the street

•children working on the streets who maintain regular contact with their families

STREET STREET CHILDREN: A CHILDREN: A

Consequence of Consequence of Globalized Globalized Poverty!Poverty!

Why street children cannot leave their present condition?

Parents would be angry.Who would feed the family?It is difficult to find a new job to replace the one they now have.

This is the only work they know.They are a lot better off as street child than as an unemployed brat.

What do you think the government can do to save

Street Children?

Reality Situation of Street Children in Asia

The working street child works from 6 to 16 hours, often in a combination of “occupations”.

•Street children usually come from large families, with six to ten children per family.

•Street children are generally malnourished and anemic, many of them physically stunted.

Street children suffer psychologically from undue family pressures, abuses and neglect at home. Very often, they develop low self-esteem.

Street children are prone to street fights and bullying from bigger youth, harassment from policemen, suspicion and arrest for petty crimes, abuse and torture from misguided authorities.

Street children usually come from broken families.

 There are more boys than girls. Female children are disadvantaged because of their sex; they do more housework and are prone to sexual abuses.

• Parents of street children are preoccupied with earning a living, oftentimes engaged in irregular low-paying jobs as construction workers, vendors, and scavengers.

How the Phenomenon of the street children, in the Philippines, in Asia, and around the world, came to be?

Irresponsible parenthood

One-shot-big-time attitude

Lack of educationGlobalized poverty

SOCIALIZED MORALITY:

Our lives are saved by:

Faith Hope

Charity

Can you suggest ways on how one’s values and virtues may help uplift economy within the family?

Thrift and frugalitySimplicity of wantsPrioritizing needsEducationFear of God

ACTIVITYWrite an inspirational story with the title “Sharing One’s Gift to the Needy”

ASSIGNMENT:ASSIGNMENT:1. Make an observation about

behavior and practices among men and among women in the society.

2. What is stereotyping?3. What are the effects of stereotypes?4. What are the unique Filipino values

that must be maintatined while entering a cross-cultural society?