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Survival strategies of street children in Ghana

A qualitative study

Julie Orme

Heart and Home for Youth, 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 800, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

Michael M.O. Seipel

Social Work at Brigham Young University, 2164 JFSB Provo, Utah 84602, USA, Michael_Seipel{at}byu.edu

English

Children are working and sleeping in the streets of many urban centers. They are sometimes viewed as deviants and often treated with harshness. Despite difficult circumstances, not all of them manifest antisocial behaviors or hopelessness. This study shows how street children in Accra, Ghana, manage street life by adopting socially constructive strategies.

French

Dans un grand nombre de centres urbains, les enfants travaillent et dorment dans les rues. Ils sont parfois perçus comme des personnes dé viantes et ils sont souvent traité s avec brutalité . En dé pit de ces difficulté s, ces enfants ne pré sentent pas tous des comportements antisociaux et ils ne sont pas tous en proie au dé sespoir. Cette é tude té moigne de la façon dont les enfants de la rue à Accra, au Ghana, gè rent leurs conditions en adoptant des straté - gies socialement constructives.

Spanish

Niños se encuentran trabajando y durmiendo en las calles de muchos centros urbanos. Ellos son vistos a veces como desviados y frecuentemente tratado con dureza. A pesar de circunstancias difíciles no todos ellos mani- fiestan conductas antisociales o desesperació n. Este estudio muestra como los ninños de la calle en Accra, Gana gestionan la vida en las calles incorporando estrategias sociales constructivas.

Key Words: Africa • child poverty • child welfare • homelessness • street children

International Social Work, Vol. 50, No. 4, 489-499 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807077909


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