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International Convention on Children's right
CyberDodo and Ants (1-1)
CyberDodo and Bees (1-5)
Beaches (1-6)
The Convention (2-1)
Definition of the Child – Article 1 and 2 - (2-2)
The Mission of CyberDodo (2-40)
CyberDodo and the waste of energy (1-20)
CyberDodo and persons with disabilities (2-20)
The importance of the media – Article 17 - (2-15)
CyberDodo and the Dangers of Fire (1-7)
Rivers (1-8)
Understanding the best interests of the child (2-3)
CyberDodo and the Monkeys (1-13)
Camels (1-31)
CyberDodo and Water (1-32)
Medicinal plants (1-33)
CyberDodo and the Penguins (1-34)
CyberDodo and child soldiers (2-30)
CyberDodo and the Cheetah (1-23) 
CyberDodo and the TseTse fly (1-47)
CyberDodo fights against the sexual exploitation of children (2-27)
CyberDodo and Coral (1-16)
CyberDodo and ground water tables (1-53)
The Right to a Nationality (2-37)
CyberDodo and the Forests (1-9)
CyberDodo takes on Obesity (2-34)
CyberDodo and the Eagles (1-21)
CyberDodo and the Implementation of the Agreement (2-4)
CyberDodo and Tortoises (1-24)
CyberDodo and the Freedom of Expression (2-13)
CyberDodo and the farmyard (1-25)
CyberDodo fights against Child Trafficking (2-28)
CyberDodo and Rhinos (1-28)
CyberDodo takes on the cigarette (2-35)
CyberDodo takes on child abuse (2-16)
CyberDodo fights against child labour (2-25)
CyberDodo and greenhouse gases (1-40)
CyberDodo fights against drug abuse (2-26)
CyberDodo and Street kids(1-38)
CyberDodo fights against child abduction (2-11)
CyberDodo and Clones (1-4)
CyberDodo and the Whales (1-10)
CyberDodo and the Right to Education (2-38)
CyberDodo and Dolphins (1-11)
3 minutes to discover CyberDodo!
CyberDodo defends the Right to Freedom of Expression in the Courts (2-12)
CyberDodo and solar energy (1-45)
CyberDodo and the Elephants (1-22)
CyberDodo fights against hunger (2-6)
CyberDodo and the Ozone Layer (1-35)
CyberDodo and Urban pollution (1-19)
CyberDodo and mother’s milk (2-7)
CyberDodo and Nutrition (1-55)
Raising awareness of the Convention (2-39)
CyberDodo and city maintenance (1-41)
CyberDodo and the Sea Lion (1-18)
CyberDodo and Dodos (1-2)
CyberDodo fights against sexual aggression (2-33)
Multimedia Press Release
CyberDodo and the Sharks (1-27)
CyberDodo and the Molluscs (1-26)
CyberDodo and illegal animal trafficking (1-30)
CyberDodo and the Right to Live with one’s own Parents (2-09)
CyberDodo and draught horses (1-36)
The Right to have a name
CyberDodo and the Dams (1-37)
CyberDodo commits to the right to respect of personal privacy (2-14)
CyberDodo and the Alligators (1-39)
CyberDodo and abandoned animals (1-43)
Let us fight against the sexual exploitation of children
Hall of Fame (Winners of CyberDodo's tournaments)
CyberDodo and Street kids(1-38)
What is a street kid? 1/2
It is a minor who no longer has a home and who is living and sleeping on the streets, a circumstance aggravated by the fact that he generally has no more contact with his family. It is also applied sometimes to children who, although they live with their families, they are forced to go and work the whole day on the streets.
How many are there?
As is often the case, it is very difficult to answer with certainty. What is certain is that all the continents are affected; the official bodies estimate that they number between 100 and 150 million.
Why is a child forced to live on the street?
There are numerous causes, the first one that comes to mind in most of the scourges affecting children is poverty. Families do not have the means to feed their children and they are left to their own devices and have to find their own means of subsistence, which can also happen when one of their parents dies (Which, for example, occurs millions of times over in Africa because of AIDS).
How do street kids survive?
"They manage" is the reassuring response, often tinged with a vague admiration; in reality, they are victims of rackets, violence and all types of attacks against their physical and moral integrity.
To have something to eat, they are forced to accept any type of work, even if it is dangerous or denigrating; this is how numerous street kids become prostitutes, drug vendors or even child soldiers, forcefully enrolled by heartless militia.
They can also serve as cheap labour in construction and carry heavy loads which will endanger their health and their growth. They are also cleaners, domestic workers, shoe shiners, porters, delivery boys, guards, etc.
The less fortunate or weakest will search through bins and garbage to find something to survive on and are forced to become beggars or even steal, which also places them a little further on the edges of society.
Their absence of an official status exposes them to local gang leaders and other unscrupulous adults to whom they are forever indebted, their salary often being only food or just a bed to sleep on for a few hours.
As if their situation is not bad enough, many of these children will then use solvents and other substances to ‘forget' their condition, becoming more dependent on these drugs which will affect their health and their judgement.
