Experts estimate that there are 250,000-300,000 children living and working on the streets, with more than 60,000 of them in Nairobi.
According to statistics from ‘the new humanitarian’ Street children face endless cruelties. Their rights have been violated many times by the adults who were supposed to protect them. In many cases these children are subject to sexual exploitation in return for food or clothes. Often, police detain and beat them without reason.Experts estimate that there are 250,000-300,000 children living and working on the streets, with more than 60,000 of them in Nairobi.
According to statistics from ‘the new humanitarian’ Street children face endless cruelties. Their rights have been violated many times by the adults who were supposed to protect them. In many cases these children are subject to sexual exploitation in return for food or clothes. Often, police detain and beat them without reason.