CHILDREN HAND IN HAND

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CHILDREN HAND IN HAND
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DETERMINING THE TOPIC VIA MATRIX DIAGRAM
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They work under coercion
Following friends lead
To make a living
Low income
Increasing number of childrne in one family
They work voluntarily
Unemployment
Migration
REASONS WHY STREET CHILDREN WORK
Passed away parents
Philistinism
Abusive fathers
Do not like stduying
Unhealthy parents
Defining the Sources of the Problem with the
Herringbone Pattern
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General Situation of the Children Who work in
Streets are

• According to some studies, the characteristics
  of the children at risk around the world are
  stated as
• 1 billion children are living in abject poverty.
• 300 million children are homeless.
• 140 million children are not going to primary
  school.
• 7 million children are refugees.
• Between the ages of 5-14, 270 million children
  are working, 150 million of them are working
  under unhealthy conditions and doing very heavy
  work.

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Our Purpose

• The aim of our project is to help our friends who
  work in streets so that they will be able to go
  to schools.

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• The numbers in Turkey are like
• 9 million 300 thousand children are living in
  abject poverty.
• 700 thousand children are in need of help.
• Between the ages of 7-18, 8 million 120 thousand
  children are not going to school.
• At average, everyday 107 children are losing
  their lives.

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• -- of the children are
• 72 of them are parents,
• 22 of them are exposed to violence.
• According to our research, there are 6000
  children who are living in the streets.

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According to the data of one research

• The responses of the children to the question
  What was the worst thing happened to you in the
  street?
• 40 of them replied as beating,
• 24 of them replied as mistreatment of the
  police,
• 20 of them replied as sexual harassment,
• 12 of them replied as being knifed,
• 28 of them replied as nothing has happened.

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• Children living in the streets earn money by
• 74 of them by begging,
• 20 of them by stealing,
• 2 of them by doing temporary works,
• 4 of them by selling naphta.

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When we analyzed our own city, Van

• According to the official data, the number of the
  children who are working in the streets is over
  900,
• According to the International Labor
  Organizations findings, there are 336 children
  in Van who are working under heavy conditions.
• Children who are working in the streets are much
  more vulnerable for catching a disease..

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According to the interviews we have done with the
institutions in Van

• Interview with the Society for the Protection of
  Children
• Society for the Protection of Children is
  assisting the handicapped people,
• They also supply aid for poor people and elderly
  people.

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• If a childs human rights are abused
• First the family is tried to be convinced,
• In case failed, then they help via court
  decision.
• Children who do not have families are looked
  after in nursing homes and they make sure they go
  to schools.

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Interview with the Center for Children and
Youth

• We interviewed Child Development Expert Suna
  TATAR,
• They are working on childrens education,
• They assist and supply help for the children who
  have problems,
• They direct older children to study in
  open-university.

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• They are in contact with other institutions and
  they are suppported by them.
• The registered number of the children are
  changing constantly,
• They fund successful students to take additional
  courses,
• They encourage students to attend competitions
  who are talented in painting, literature and
  poetry,
• They do not discriminate in between children and
  they approach with love and affection.

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We made a questionnaire with the children working
in the streets in Van city center

• The average of the childrens age is 12,
• They are 6 children in one house in average,
• They earn approximately 6.8 Ytl for a day,
• 12 of the childrens mothers and 6 of their
  fathers are not living,
• Close relatives look after the children who do
  not have parents,

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• The percentage of going to school is 100 in 16
  children,
• The percentage of the children who do not go to
  school but who are willing to go to school is
  100,
• The percentage of brothers/sisters going to
  school at the same time is 88,
• The percentage of the families who allow their
  children to go to school is 92,
• The percentage of the children who are covering
  the family income is 23.5,
• The jobs they would like to do are being a
  doctor, teacher, and police.
• The children give the money directly to their
  families.

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Our target group in line with our Project is

• In conclusion,
• The children who have lost their fathers in
  accidents and who are abandoned by their mothers
  
• We searched Gurbet, Azat, and Esra GEZER
  siblings conditions and found out that their
  grandmother looks after them and tries to send
  them to school.

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• We initiated helping these friends with our
  Children Hand in Hand Project.
• We informed the condition of Gezer siblings to
  the Social Solidarity Association.
• They supplied clothing, food and financial aid
  for them.
• We contacted the Governorship and requested
  scholarship for these three children.

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• We would like to thank many times to Dr. Hayal
  Köksal for her support, and to Microsoft and
  Quality Peace Education Center for their being
  helpful for us learning how to use their tools.