caa a22 4500 397576455 CHVBK 20180308164857.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199610 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/cdj/31.4.343 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/cdj/31.4.343 Understanding and helping street children in Uganda1 [Elektronische Daten] [J. C. Munene, Janet Nambi] In this report, we describe the growing problem of street children in Uganda. Street children are people of 18 years and below who spend most of their time on the street and for whom the street is the major socialising agent. The study, employing participatory rapid appraisal methodology, covered all the major towns of Uganda. A total of 3728 children, of whom 924 were females, was counted. The children came to the street for a variety of reasons, the most important of which were broken families and poverty. Both the recent wars in Uganda and the AIDS epidemic contributed and continue to contribute to the growing number of broken families. These reasons led to the conclusion that the problem cannot be stopped altogether but it can be controlled. We found evidence of an altruistic environment on which the Government could build to control the problem. Nevertheless, for the children on the street, the hostility, harassment, including rapes, unlawful arrests and imprisonment, and the pervasive deprivation they face, call for concerted and urgent action. © Oxford University Press Articles nationallicence Munene J. C. Department of Psychology, Makerere University aut Nambi Janet Department of Psychology, Makerere University aut Community Development Journal Oxford University Press 31/4(1996-10), 343-350 0010-3802 31:4<343 1996 31 cdj https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/31.4.343 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/31.4.343 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Munene J. C. Department of Psychology, Makerere University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nambi Janet Department of Psychology, Makerere University aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Development Journal Oxford University Press 31/4(1996-10), 343-350 0010-3802 31:4<343 1996 31 cdj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford