Who are the street children
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Across the developing world there are many children who live or work on the street. UNICEF highlighted the risks posed to these children in their 2006 publication The State of the World’s Children:
‘Street children are among the most invisible and, therefore, hardest children to reach with vital services, such as education and health care, and the most difficult to protect.’
According to UNICEF interpretation street children may be either ‘of the street’ or ‘on the street’. The phrase ‘children on the street' characterized those who worked on the street but return to their family home to sleep. 'Children of the street' characterized those who lived permanently on the street without any place to sleep at night. However, with the rapid urban development in the city of Kolkata most of the children are ‘on the street’ rather than ‘of the street’
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