sao paulo

sao paulo and rio de jinero have been heavenly stricken with poverty and have a big population of street children.

chicos o chicas?

it is estimated that 20%-30%  of the street children are girls leaving the rest to be boys meaning that girls often get sexually assaulted or exploited.

le dice

I was reading some articles earlier and i came across this thing that a street child had said...........its really sad.
“We sniff glue because we need to. We steal- watches, necklaces. We don’t have anywhere to eat, we don’t have anywhere to sleep, we don’t have anywhere to stay- that’s why we steal. I steal, I walk around, I sniff glue, and then I can’t do anything. I haven’t got a Dad- he died seven years ago. I have eight brothers and sisters and I can’t really stay at home, so I live on the street. That’s how I lead my life”
if you want to read the read the rest of the article here it is. 
-------->http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/506/living-on-the-streets-the-street-children-of-brazil

expect to die!

sadly most street children expect to die before they are 18 years old. the vigilante groups are getting more and more violent in there goals to get the street kids off the streets to ensure public safety. child care agencies are estimating that 5 to 6 children are getting assassinated every day in the streets and at least 2 are killed.

vigilantes

there are vigilante groups in Brazil that go through the streets killing off the street children because they pose as menaces to the city and give it a bad name. almost 90% of the killers go unpunished.

puestos de trabajo

as the children get older some kids go into dealing drugs like crack. and a lot of girls get forced into prostitution. it is said that there are 2,000 children HIV positive in Rio De Jinero alone.

salud

sadly some children get many infection,food poisonings,parasites, and other health issues.

adventuras?

as i was reading The Economist today i came across an article that focused on an "open school" (open schools are schools run by the the government for street children to give them a chance to earn an education that they might not have otherwise.) Anyway they were talking to a  street kid by the name of Ismael, who is 13. He was telling of a time where him and his friends had been sleeping behind a supermarket and were beaten by the police for sniffing glue. He talked about it as if it was a fond adventure.

a start.

Here's to a Great Start

Alright here we go i'm so excited for you to come and join me on my journey into the lives of the Brazilian Street Children