Street_Children

The issue of street children in Latin America has just about gone too long and as the time passes it isn't getting any better. The matter is just getting worse. If the problem is not solved soon, then it will never be able to get fixed. For there is already an estimate of forty million street children trying to make a living on their own. The majority of them are not able to make it on their own though. . There are a lot of causes for so many street children. You would think they are all forced to become street children, but as weird as it sounds there are those who choose this way of life. Reasons they would want to leave their own home are because they are mistreated at home, like being physical and sexual abused or talked to very wrong, and feel they don't receive the love they deserve. Or when they have huge fights at home and need to get away from it all, they runaway. Also, when kids lose their parents or their home and have no where else to go to. Now one of the biggest causes for having street children is being too poor, not being able to make the bills, can't afford the house and necessary items to live, and simply losing their jobs. Then with urbanization and overcrowding the situation just gets worse. The income gap Latin America has is just too big. It is all just to sad. But the worst is to come, for the effects of all these street children are all bad. The once innocent children have no choice but to become criminals on their own. They have to make a living by all means possible even if it means to rob and some even go all the way out and get to the point where they'll do whatever it takes to get money, no matter how many people they have to kill along the way. We can't blame it all on them though because being in their positions, they have no other choice. Then many will take up whatever job it is to make money. Whether it's selling drugs or having to do prostitution. Another horrible outcome for the street children is the exploitation and victimization that they go through. Little poor kids being raped and beaten, many times to death. Which brings us to another effect of this is that the majority of the street children all get harmful diseases and eventually die. This all makes the country look very bad, especially when there's others with more money then they even need. With all these terrible things, it seems like Latin America will never make it out. But luckily there are solutions for everything. It just requires a lot of work and dedication to make it all stop. For one they should have shelters, like here in America, where the people can stay while they get on their feet. A social welfare would also be good for them to be able to make it on their own. For the deaths to lower and the diseases to stop, they could get a health care service. Then, financial services would really help them so they wouldn't have to become street children. And to stop such much injustice on the streets, they could really use legal assistance out there. Preventive, conscientization, and street education would really be good to prevent street children. Maybe having a democratic government would also brighten things up over there. Something small that we could all do is just volunteer to work in shelters or other programs and donating funds or supplies to the organizations that work with the street youth could all help in a little way.