...Interview on Street Children Street children are found in many parts of the Philippines. This interview was done specifically in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Street children can be seen in the Quezon park of this city. The ones interviewed are aged 7 and above. They are loitering in the park and on the street. They ask anyone that passes by for “Pinaskohan” especially now, since it’s already Christmas season. They tend to follow the person they asked for “Pinaskohan” until they either get something from that person or they find another person to beg for money. They are mostly seen as beggars on the street. When I asked them where they live, they would say anywhere or point to some place where they would spend the night. As to their answer, I can tell that they don’t have a permanent place of residence and would stay wherever they seem to go. Looking at them at such a young age, I wondered where their parents might be so I asked them where their parents are. They pointed to their mom, who was carrying a child and at the same time begging for food to eat. I then asked them where their father was. They simply replied my question with an “I don’t know.” or an “I don’t have one.” It seems that they were left behind and thus, their mom as a single mother. I also asked them how regularly do they eat and where do they get food to eat. They said that they dig in the trash bags, trash bins, or asks food from the people around. They also told me that it’s not everyday that that...
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...researchable topic has been identified (De Vos, 2005:100). In this document the researcher reported the realities of street hawkers on street corners. According to Lund, Nicholson and Skinner (2000:10) “people who work in the informal economy are those who earn an income outside the formal economy. The researcher chooses to investigate this topic because so little is known. The researcher noticed that poverty is one of the causes that lead people to be street hawker. She also discovers that working as a street hawker is challenging unstable for example sometimes street hawkers experience harassment or abuse. She also discovers that the term “street vendors” in English is typically used interchangeably with “street trader” “hawker” and “Peddler” (Inclusive cities.2012). The researcher also noticed that street hawkers contribute to the economy of the country. For example they alleviate poverty by treating their own jobs. The researcher used qualitative research approach to investigate the topic. Qualitative research approach is when the researcher attempt to study human action from perspective of the social actors themselves, the goal of the research is to describe and understand rather than explaining human behaviour (Babbie, 2001:270). The researcher engaged in face to face interviews so that she could understand and explore the realities of street hawkers on street corners. After the finding she got she make some recommendations related to the study she have done. 1.2 Research...
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...Economic Activities and Health Hazards of Street Children in Dhaka City *Prof. Md. Nurul Islam Ph.D Director ISWR,University of Dhaka **Md. Saiful Islam Lecturer, Department of Social Work Asian University of Bangladesh Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of street life on the health of poor children who live and work full-time on the streets of Dhaka city. The prime objective of this study was to know the health hazards of street children, who live in the way of harm, and how these experiences and learning, can contribute more effectively towards the future actions for protection of street children. The methodology of the study is based both on primary and secondary data. After collecting necessary data from secondary sources a sample survey was conducted to collect primary field data. Data was collected on the basis of the questionnaire, and the sample of the study was selected purposively. The significant findings of the study reveal that street children live in a highly hazardous environment. It’s a warning sign for any developmental consequences. This paper highlights the present condition of the street children in Dhaka city and recommended some suggestion. Key words: Street, Children, Health, Hazards, Introduction Street children are common problem for a developing country like Bangladesh. Being out in the open street eventually impairs the personality and creativity of Children. The global efforts for preservation of child...
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...Causes and solutions of begging in Bangladesh: A case basis study in Chittagong. This study investigated the causes and consequences of street begging in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 50 beggars (30 male, 15 female and 5 children) were selected through the random sampling technique for the study. Data were collected by means of an in depth structure interview designed by researchers. Simple percentages were used for analyzing the data the results showed that respondents indicated homelessness (95%), poverty (86.3%) and rejection by family harsh weather (90.2%), as the worst consequence of begging. The study also revealed respondents’ most important Economic/Psychosocial needs as Money (95.5%), learning a trade (60.8%), Healthcare (81.5%) and Accommodation (65.7%). Based on the findings, counseling intervention strategies were preffered in terms of organizing enlightenment workshops for stakeholders such as Government, Employment Agencies, News and Print Health care services as well as planning workshops for beggars and their families. Keywords: Begging, causes, implications, possible solutions Introduction: Problem of begging is not peculiar to any part of the country. It is an urban problem noticeable in every urban centre of the country. However, the problem of begging is significantly higher in one part of the country than in the other.Today, social problems, particularly begging comes at the head of man’s present...
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...A BASELINE SURVEY OF STREET CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH Submitted to The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics National Child-Labour Survey, 2002 –2003 Parishakhan Bhaban, 4th Floor, (Block –1) E-27/A, Agargaon, Dhaka. by Foundation for Research on Educational Planning and Development (FREPD) Sonargaon Road, Palashi Crossing, Dhaka University Campus, Dhaka. e-mail : frepd@dhaka .net, Phone : 8610556 December 7, 2003 Acknowledgement In order to combat the situation of child labour in its worst forms effectively, the size of the affected population must be known. The number of street children in Bangladesh is quite big and until recently the incidence and distribution of street children at both national and regional levels was not known. Their reality in terms of their working, living and health conditions, as well as the degree of hazardousness faced by the street children was also not known. Gathering data on the above issues is very important for planning interventions that would help to know the real situation of street children in Bangladesh. Thus the BBS and the ILO decided to conduct a Base Line Survey of Street Children with the main objective of the survey being to attempt to quantify the number of the street children population at the national level in Bangladesh. This data-collection exercise would generate benchmark data covering different aspects of the realities of Street Children in Bangladesh. BBS and ILO entrusted the FREPD with the responsibility of conducting...
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...Title: An Ethnographic Study about the Homeless Youth in the Philippines Target Group: Street Children ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY A requirement in Society and Culture GAMALIEL VALENCIA Submitted by: Belarmino, Mary Grace S. INTRODUCTION: I chose to study the life and behaviors of the street children on the busy road of Balibago Complex at Sta. Rosa Laguna, to gain a better understanding of their conditions. The main purpose of this study is to discover how they manage to live in a very dangerous condition, as well as the perception of trust, hostility, and aggression among peers and the authority. It also aims to find out their lives regarding their families, if they have one and why they decided to run away from them. Why do they usually choose to stay on the street and run away from the local authorities that will give them shelter, food and everything they need? How can they manage to find a place for sleeping every cold evening, and mostly with an empty stomach? Seeing street children is very common for us that we can say that it is already part of everyone’s day, especially if you’re living around the urban places. It is heartbreaking to see them and think that, these kids should be in school studying, not struggling to work under the scorching heat. In Balibago; one of the busiest town in our place, you can see a lot of these kids roaming around nudging people, mostly around the mall asking for money or food. Some of them are always on the run catching jeepneys...
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...2013 Hassan Nadeem FAST-NU Increase In Teenage Crimes Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Teenage Crimes 4 In Pakistan 4 Background 5 Peer Pressure: 5 Poverty: 5 Poor Parenting Skills 5 Findings 6 Survey 6 Interview 6 Small Scale Implementations 7 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Charts……………………………………………………………………………………………………10 Appendix 11 Executive Summary Teenage crimes as we all know are those crimes which are performed by people aging between 13-19 years old. These crimes are performed all over the world but unfortunately these crimes have been on the rise in Pakistan for the last 5 years. My objective was to find out who are responsible for the increase in teenage crimes. For this purpose I Conducted a survey from our fellow students and also interviewed a Deputy Supretendant of Police to get his views about this particular issue. The results we found showed that teenage crimes are a reason behind many problems of our country and steps should be taken to reduce this as soon as possible otherwise condition of our country will become much worse because a country cannot develop without its youth. “The Youth of today are the future of tomorrow and a country cannot prosper and develop without the contribution of its youth”:- (Bill Gates) Introduction ...
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...on the street. These kids work every day and night for a few coins. They have dreams like us, but their reality is something different. They don’t have a family to support them. In fact, many don’t even know the meaning of “family”. I know all of you in this room have seen these children on the street. Do you ever think about what they go through on a daily basis? Today, I want to convince you to help street children who are homeless. Here are a few reasons you should help and support these street kids. First, they belong to families that have many problems. Second, they are members of society. And finally, they have dreams of their own. Many of you might think that these children live and work on the street because their families send them to do so, but this isn’t always the case. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Most street children are under 18 years old. Some of these children do not have a family or a house; others come from families where their parents have problems, which is one of the reasons that they decide to live in the street. Some parents are drug addicts, alcoholics or are without jobs. In addition, these children suffer domestic violence from their parents, or they have been abandoned. Now, how do you view their reality? It’s hard to imagine, right? But it’s true. Let me show you some statistics about how this sad reality affects us. According to Agencia Nacional de Bienestar Social (FONIF) There are over 6,000 children living...
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...the unfortunate reality of how life is for street children in Bombay, India. The film makes a brave jump from the typical, happy-go-lucky, capitalist representation of life on the streets, to a more convincing one. Following the daily struggles of children living on the streets of Bombay, this film sheds light on the socio-economic realities of their lives. In this paper, I will analyze “Salaam Bombay!” in terms of its ability to provide a near accurate depiction of urban poverty in India, and the lives of its street children. “Salaam Bombay!” follows the story of a young boy, around the age of twelve, named Krishna. Shortly into the movie we find Krishna living on the streets of the largest city in India, Bombay, surrounded by drug addicts, prostitutes, pimps, and other homeless children like him. Through a conversation Krishna has with a drug addict he befriends, we discover that Krishna was abandoned by his mother at an Apollo Circus where she tells him that he can only come back home once he raises five hundred rupees to pay his brother back for destroying his bicycle. Krishna, named Chaipau by those around him, starts working as a tea deliverer for a local teashop so he can earn enough money to go back home. As the film traces Krishna’s struggles to earn enough money and survive on the streets of Bombay, his story clashes with three other prominent ones: one is based around Chillum, the drug addict Krishna befriends on the street; second revolves around Manju, the five...
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...Police and Criminal Evidence Order 1984 (PACE) Code G 1 Explain section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984? Section 24 of the police and criminal evidence act 1984 provides the statutory power for a constable to arrest without a warrant for all offenses. If the provisions of the act and this code are not observed, both the arrest and the conduct of any subsequent investigation may be open to question. 2 What does the Equality Act 2010 state about making an arrest? The person being arrested must be informed they are, even if it’s obvious, and the relevant circumstances of the arrest in relation to both the above elements. The custody officer must be informed of these matters on arrival at the police station. 3 State the two elements of arrest under Section 24 PACE. A lawful arrest requires two elements: * A person’s involvement or suspected involvement or attempted involvement in the commission or a criminal offence. Reasonable grounds for believing that the person’s arrest is necessary. * Both elements must be satisfied and; * It can never be necessary to arrest a person unless they are reasonable grounds to suspect them or committing an offence. 4 State one example of when a police officer may arrest without a warrant. 5 Explain what is meant by ‘necessity criteria’. It is the power of the arrest which is only exercisable if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that is necessary to arrest the person. 6 Explain the statutory...
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...Insecurity: A strategy to save our youth from organized crime Introduction Organized crime is criminal organizations are terms which categorise transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals, who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit Literature Review In his study, Irving Spergel (1990) found out that gangs exist in large, middle sized cities and they are now spreading to suburban and smaller countries around the world. Gangs have turned out to be important social institutions for low income male youths and youth adults from newcomer and residual populations. This can be attributed to the fact that gangs serve social, cultural and economic functions that are no longer adequately performed by the families of these young people, the schools they go to and finally the labor market. Youth gangs are now present in both socialist and free market societies, developing and developed countries, these clearly shows that society as a whole failing terribly in regard to proper upbringing and guidance of the youth. A study by Jeff Ferrell showed that cultural space has a significant impact on youth crime. Cultural space denotes those arenas in which young people construct meaning, perception and identity from e.g. media factories, political machines and legal bureaucracies. The media displays popular culture as a youthful lifestyle that involves drugs, a lot of money, violence and delinquent behavior....
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...Behavioral Modification among MVCs in Children Rehabilitations Institution A Case study of Mkombozi Children Centre and Amani Centre for Street Children in Moshi Municipal Yusta P. Mahiku Sunguya F Sunguya (Research supervisor) CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION It covers the back ground to the study, the statement of the problem, and objectives of the study others are, the research questions, significance of the study, limitation and delimitations of the study, conceptual frame work, definition of operational terms and organization of the study. 1.1BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY This study focuses on looking at the roles of guidance and counseling services on behavioral modification to MVCs in Moshi municipality, the case of Amani Centre for Street Children and Mkombozi Centre for children. The study will focus on examine the roles of guidance and counseling on behavioral modification to MVCs in Rehabilitation Institutions in Moshi Municipality Guidance and Counseling major role on improving children life, behavior change in general wellbeing. (k, 2008) However in globally particularly Chinese guidance and counseling have played many roles in children behavioral modification by helping the child to develop a positive attitude to life, recognize their strengths and express themselves. It does not involve making decisions for the child, imposing beliefs on them or preaching. It has shaped the behavior of children who were spending their time in...
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...thing to do? Some people believe in doing what is right all the time, some don’t. In this situation my partner and the two boys didn’t do what was right, they both broke the law. I would challenge my partner about what happened in the interview room, because what he did was wrong, unprofessional and unethical. The boys are fourteen, which means when being interviewed by the police their parents should be called and the interview should be recorded. My partner didn’t do either one of these. He should have called the parents and recorded the interview in order to get the admission on tape. I think regardless if the parents were there or not the boys would have still admitted that they were guilty. My partner did it to scare them into admitting that they did it, I think with the parents being there they would have still admitted to their guilt because the parents also have a way of intimidating their children. If my partner would have did what he was supposed to there would be no reason to question him. Being professional is one of the main characteristics in a job, especially the one of a Detective. My partner was not professional in the particular situation. Not only didn’t he call the parents, he didn’t record the interview. That is the worst part because if he would have then we could have shown the parents and had evidence for the admission. It will be hard in court to say that they admitted being guilty. The boys can easily say they didn’t do it as fast...
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...Assessing the Effects of Streetism on the Livelihood of Street Children: A Case Study of Kumasi (in Ghana). AWATEY, Samuel* Development Planning Officer, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana. * E-mail of the corresponding author: profdealfas@yahoo.com Abstract This study employed the livelihood approach to examine the effects of streetism on the livelihoods of children who live and make their living on the streets of Kumasi. The study examines the causative factors that push children on to the streets, their encounters and experiences in their attempts to cope with street life. The study used both quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data was collected from 50 street children in eight areas in Kumasi where the street children are predominant. The study identified that children who live on the street adopt a range of survival strategies, both legal and/or illegal, to confront the challenges of urban street life. The study further identified that the plight of children arises not so much out of negative experiences they have gone through such as child abuse or child neglect but broadly to the absence of and inadequate programmes resulting from the low-priority placed on issues related to child welfare in the country generally. These challenge human right and underpin injustice in the country. The problems street children face can be corrected overtime through working with the affected children directly and by addressing the symptoms indirectly. Promotion...
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...An essential part of the hiring process is the interview. Potential new hires are usually aware of the importance of the interview, the significance of making a good first impression, and the need to come into an interview completely prepared. However, the interview is a two-way street, and unfortunately some managers/supervisors do not come into interviews with the same degree of preparedness and professionalism as the interviewee. "The One That Got Away" is about Dennis, the dining-room manager of a coffee shop within a large hotel. Dennis receives a drop-in application from Donna, a potential candidate for a waitress position. Instead of scheduling an interview for a more convenient time or asking Donna to please come back during the posted interview times, Dennis decides to interview Donna in the dining room on the spot. This case study fills the reader in on Dennis's biases against hiring married women with children prior to his interview with Donna. After Dennis gets one of his employees to temporarily take over his hosting duties he sits down with Donna at a table close to the door so he can keep an eye on things while he interviews her. He begins by looking over her application, but is interrupted numerous times by other employees and leaves the interview to attend to the problems. Although he is impressed by Donna's resume, he is never able to have a complete uninterrupted conversation with her. Dennis also asks inappropriate questions to Donna regarding...
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