In many countries you find street children who are trying to escape from harsh poverty from their homes. Who are street children?
The term Street children refers to children who live or work on the streets, these street children are deprived of family care and protection.
Look at Kibera the largest slum in Africa from sources on the web estimate like 80-100thousand street children in Nairobi.
All these children living in the streets are at a great risk of being abused and like I read somewhere that travellers usually increase their vulnerability knowingly or unknowingly.
So what can we do?
1)Think twice before buying anything from a street child and refraining from giving money to begging children or parents with children - why is this?
By giving them money it makes them stay on the street and this puts them at risk. If you really want to help do not give directly to these children instead find support services that help these street children have a better future.
For example now I live in Bangkok and sometime back I visited a shelter called Mercy center caring for street children, aids affected.
In a city like Nairobi you find many organisations that try to make a difference in this area. Think what is best for the child. Make a difference today.