Central America and Caribbean

Members

Action International Ministries

Amos Trust

Cutting Edge Theatre Productions

International Children's Trust

International HIV/AIDS Alliance

Jubilee Action

Plan UK

SOS Children's Villages

Street Kids Direct

Toybox

World Jewish Relief

Publications

CSC submission to the UNCRC, 54th session: Guatemala
CSC Engages with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child through written submissions to their regular sessions, drawing attention to and making recommendations on the issue of street children.  This report on Guatemala was submitted to the 54th session in January 2010.

Junto con los ninos: street children in Mexico
A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summitfor Children was the issue of street children. Yet such children are a common sight incities of the developing world, and live in some of the most extreme conditions ofpoverty. The article looks at the experience of street children in the Mexican city ofPuebla. It argues that current research neglects the moral and geographic dimensionsof work with street children. This has led to practice that regards street childrenas a welfare concern (as children), and pays less attention to their geographic context(the street). By contrast, the work of an NGO, JUCONI, indicates that a sensitivityto this distinction can offer critical insights. The article outlines JUCONI'sapproach and evaluates the implications for ‘best practice'.

Life without Basic Service ''Street Children Say''
This study builds on the learning of Street Diary (Save the Children UK, 2001), giving theopportunity for a group of children to represent their own analysis of their situation. Itexamines the human and emotional dimension of life on the street. This is not astatistical or quantitative research but is representative of the feelings of children livingon the street about their lives and organisations working with them.

Networking for Policy Change: An Advocacy Training Manual

Organizational Diagnosis for Advocacy
When groups are considering advocacy, it is helpful for them to assess what advocacy actually can offer their organization, what some of the benefits and risks might be and what organizational barriers might influence their success.

Overcoming Poverty and Abuse: Protecting Girls in Domestic Service in Haiti
More than 100,000 girls aged between six and seventeen are estimated to be working in domestic service in Haiti. Far from their relatives and friends and dependent on their employers or host families, these girls are at grave risk of physical abuse and sexual violence.

Policy Brief: Haiti's children
The earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 was the worst disaster in modern Haitian history. The international community, along with Haitian government and civil society, must take immediate action to address the urgent needs of Haiti's children. This brief looks at the following issues facing Haiti's children and outlines what Save the Children is calling for:Water, sanitation and child wellbeingChild protectionEducationEconomyPreparing for future disastersChallenges ahead

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