Voices of Youth

1
Voices of Youth

• Street Children

2
What does it mean to be a street kid?

• It is estimated that there are somewhere between
  30-170 million street kids around the world.
• These are people ranging in age from newborns,
  born into street families to youth to young
  adults. It is estimated that up to 1 billion
  people in the world live in the streets or in
  extremely poor and unreliable housing. Most of
  these people live in the worlds cities.

3
Why the street?

• For each person who lives on the street, there is
  a story as to why they are there.
• According to Earth Action, the majority of the
  worlds street kids live and work the streets
  with their families. Those who have fun away
  from home, have left for reasons that include
  physical, psychological or sexual violence at
  homes.
• Family breakdowns, natural disasters, political
  upheaval, war HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty are
  also reasons why children live in the street.
• Source http//www.earthaction.org/en/03_03_stch/a
  lert/action.html

4

• It is hard to imagine what life on the street is
  like from person to person and city to city. In
  an attempt to explore the reality of life on the
  street, it is important to look at it though the
  eyes of those who live there.
• What follows is a selection of artwork and
  photography from youth who live on the streets.

5
Part One

• The following images are the result of a project
  called Home/Life taken on by the Homeless World
  Foundation. 121 kids from 11 cities around the
  world were given disposable cameras to capture
  their reality. The average age of the
  photographers was 13. The quotations beside the
  pictures are the photographers interpretations of
  their image.
• More information is available at
  http//www.homelessworld.org/home.html

6

• Haran, 17, New DelhiThese are street kids,
  just like I used to be. However, I feel bad
  seeing them playing cards. They should go to
  school. Big men were close to them, forcing them
  to beg and they didnt allow them to leave the
  place.

7

• Sahil, 15, New DelhiThis is a photograph taken
  in the shelter where I live. I like the
  combination of the chessboard and the schoolbag,
  because life is not only about studying but also
  about playing.

8

• Krishna, 16, New DelhiThis boy is begging in
  between the cars.

9

• Archana, 13, New DelhiThis girl has run away
  from home. She is counting her money after a day
  of begging and has a child on her lap.

10

• Haran, 17, New DelhiI see this boy every day.
  He has infections all over his body and people
  beat him because of this. He is a beggar. It was
  about to rain and he covered himself in plastic.
  People laughed when I took a picture of something
  so ugly.

11

• Haran, 17, New DelhiThese people survive by
  collecting garbage. I was impressed by how they
  helped each other in protecting their faces
  against the sunshine.

12

• Gautam, 10, New DelhiI like the sharing of
  food between these two sisters and their brother.
  There are too many children who only think of
  themselves, and there are too many street
  children who steal food from each other.

13

• Gautam, 10, New DelhiThis man cant move, but
  you can see on his face that he would like to do
  something other than begging.

14

• Amrian, 8, JakartaThis is Fajar, the little
  brother of my friend Ragil. Fajar sings for
  money.

15

• Untung, 13, JakartaI asked why this young
  child had to beg. That gentleman said I dont
  have a job, so the child will have to beg.

16

• Untung, 13, JakartaDarini doing the dishes.
  Darini is a seamstress in a factory.

17
(No Transcript)
18
(No Transcript)
19

• Part Two
• Artwork by street children.
• Available at http//www.colorsofindia.com/holi/str
  eet.htm

20

• That what I call a house

21

• Friendship

22

• This is what I call a childrens home

23

• Discussion.