Children on the street lives in unoccupied dwellings and wasteland as livelihood without the care and support of their parents. Street children spends most of their time in the streets specially in the urban areas. Street children are boys and girls under the aged eighteen who have not yet reached adulthood and they are inadequately protected and supervised or directed by responsible adults. Street children are found in many parts of the world included the developed country like the United States. These children in some parts of the world have the local names they are given. In Nigeria for instance, these children are sometimes called the Almajiri. The wandering about of these children on most streets of Nigeria has Islamic religions link. They are seen on the roads in northern parts of Nigeria begging for foods and money from one street to the other. Because of this, they are sometimes exposed to danger like accident and health challenges. Children on the street are oftentimes ...
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