1.5 AIM OF THE STUDY
* To assess the overall situation of street children in Durban and to determine the causes and impact of living on the streets
1.6 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives arising from the aim of the study are:
* To ascertain the push and pull factors that contribute child to live on the street
* To explore some of the victimisation and challenges that community children faced on the street
* To identify the physical , psychological and consequences of living on the streets
* To provide recommendation and suggestion on how to reduce the victimisation on the streets children.
1.7 THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
* What are the causes and the impact on of living on the streets?
* What are the push and pull …show more content…
(2011), the street children phenomenon is an everyday social reality and varies between contexts and over time in many countries. Literature studies by Ray et al. (2011), Ward and Seager (2008), Thomas de Benitez (2007) as well as UNICEF (2006) characterize street children according to age, gender and their resilience in terms of their survival in the streets. Recent studies by Ennew (2004) and Panther-Brick (2003) argue that the definition of street children‖ was seen to be difficult for the following four reasons. Firstly, it is demeaning to children‘s experiences and does not explain the children‘s actual circumstances and where they are coming from. Secondly, it does not correspond with the street children‘s experiences in that the term has been used to refer to children in a variety of circumstances, ignoring the children‘s identity and factors that caused them to be on the streets. Thirdly, it labels and stigmatizes the street children with pitying connotations in that it is offensive and gives distorted messages about street children. Fourthly, it deflects attention from the broader population of children affected by poverty and social exclusion. Beazley (2011) adds that the biggest obstacle in understanding and defining the street children is that the children are stereotyped by the press, NGOs, community or the government and this makes life difficult for the street
* To assess the overall situation of street children in Durban and to determine the causes and impact of living on the streets
1.6 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives arising from the aim of the study are:
* To ascertain the push and pull factors that contribute child to live on the street
* To explore some of the victimisation and challenges that community children faced on the street
* To identify the physical , psychological and consequences of living on the streets
* To provide recommendation and suggestion on how to reduce the victimisation on the streets children.
1.7 THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
* What are the causes and the impact on of living on the streets?
* What are the push and pull …show more content…
(2011), the street children phenomenon is an everyday social reality and varies between contexts and over time in many countries. Literature studies by Ray et al. (2011), Ward and Seager (2008), Thomas de Benitez (2007) as well as UNICEF (2006) characterize street children according to age, gender and their resilience in terms of their survival in the streets. Recent studies by Ennew (2004) and Panther-Brick (2003) argue that the definition of street children‖ was seen to be difficult for the following four reasons. Firstly, it is demeaning to children‘s experiences and does not explain the children‘s actual circumstances and where they are coming from. Secondly, it does not correspond with the street children‘s experiences in that the term has been used to refer to children in a variety of circumstances, ignoring the children‘s identity and factors that caused them to be on the streets. Thirdly, it labels and stigmatizes the street children with pitying connotations in that it is offensive and gives distorted messages about street children. Fourthly, it deflects attention from the broader population of children affected by poverty and social exclusion. Beazley (2011) adds that the biggest obstacle in understanding and defining the street children is that the children are stereotyped by the press, NGOs, community or the government and this makes life difficult for the street