Education Report - Disagreement Over Value of Shelters for Street Children in Ethiopia

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VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.

Street in Ethiopia say their biggest need is shelter. But study shows that local

nongovernmental organizations and community groups offer what

the street children want. The international aid Save the Children did the study. One of the says the limited services provided by local NGOs do

match what the children see as their greatest needs. the Children talked with

children living on the streets five major cities, three regional towns and eight rural . The children discussed many subjects, including their needs,

their and the risks they face. There are about 30,000 children in Ethiopia.

About 17,000 of them live in capital, Addis Ababa. More than half

of the children not have access to shelter or enough food.

They mostly on what they receive from shining shoes, selling

items to passersby and appealing to strangers for help.

street children face health threats. Research shows that about

percent are seriously sick, but most do not have kind of

treatment available. About 40 percent of the may have

been forced to have sex. The children that having

shelter will reduce these kinds of risks. child assistance group

GOAL Ethiopia used to provide shelter street children. But it found that this discouraged the from re-entering their own communities. The Ethiopian government is work on a National Social Protection Strategy.

It will new ways of providing support to families to reduce and keep children off the streets. For VOA Learning , I'm Mario Ritter.

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