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Calle Inca No. 516 |
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KIDS
LIVING IN THE STREETS All of those children and adolescents that live on the streets, abandoned by their parents and society, are looking for ways to pass the time. They wander in groups, playing together, singing, or stealing. Some sniff glue, begin drinking alcohol, and become addicted to drugs. Having left their families and school, the street is their home and it is where they learn everything. There they survive, sleeping in any given place or with whomever offers them some sort of accomodation. The children begin to prostitute themselves every night without realizing it's prostitution, but only to have a place to sleep or a meal, without pay. They have few alternatives and the nights in Cusco are very cold, where temperatures in the winter may drop to – 5 C.
Many of the children have left their homes because they have been abused, their parents having abandoned them or having simply refused to support them. The street is their home. There they eat, play, live, meet their friends and learn everything. The street is their school.
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KIDS
THAT SURVIVE ON FOOD SCRAPS Coming
from families living in extreme poverty, ordered by their parents or out
of personal incentive to find something of value, some children and their
families survive by collecting left-over food that they find in the
garbage, piled near the markets. They
compete with the dogs for scraps to eat. WORKING
KIDS OF THE STREETS These
children stay in the streets almost all day working different jobs:
selling post cards, delivering goods, shining shoes, selling food near the
markets, etc. The majority of
the working kids still study, with busy lives alternating between work and
their studies. However, a
growing percentage of the street kids, now almost 35 percent, are leaving
school because they don't have enough time for both work and school and
are always tired. These kids
prefer to earn money and remain free to stay in the streets with their
friends, learning poor values and antisocial behaviours. CHILD
BEGGERS Alone or with friends, everyday there are kids begging in the streets of the city. What they collect is very important for their families, many of which are migrants from the county living in extreme poverty. Raised with low self-esteem, they are ashamed to be beggers, but find it is an easy way to survive. |
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