street child

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Noun 1. [画像:street child - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned]street child - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
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PESHAWAR -- Twenty students of the University of Peshawar have successfully completed one and half month coaching and training sessions with street children.
Twenty Students of University of Peshawar under community services program, University of Peshawar have extended one-and-half month volunteer coaching and training sessions with street children in Peshawar.
The criticism came after the MP last week posted pictures giving street children eggs, sufurias and basins to "venture into business", a move residents have termed as ill-calculated.
ISLAMABAD -- Ministry of Human Rights has started a project of education for street children in federal capital Islamabad and in other parts of the country.
She said she is concerned by the increasing number of gay people in the county and urged the home owners and caretakers to teach the children under their care good morals.She said due to efforts by the Governor Lee Kinyanjui's administration to give the street families a new lease of life, Nakuru is now becoming a safe haven for other street children from the neighbouring counties.
Adding that the plight of street children, government, privately-owned orphanages and the community to join hands and define procedures to protect the orphans and street children from being exploited socially and sexually by concerned mafia.
We see many street children begging, collecting rubbish, or selling things on roadsides.
The issue of street children, among these, often fails to gain traction from policy-makers and the general public due to the absence of public campaigns and advocacy.
During a forum with stakeholders, social workers and police officers, he was among 17 street children who voiced out their plights and their concerns.
In the meeting, they discussed Afghan and other refugees living Karachi and rehabilitation of street children in the city.
During the meeting, Afghan and other refugees living Karachi and rehabilitation of street children in the city were discussed.

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