PHOTO: NIGERIA: In 1997 in Nigeria, three boys who used to live on the streets sit together holding mugs at a remand home for young offenders or abandoned children in Lagos, the country’s commercial capital. Some 10,000 children live on the city’s streets. From broken homes or extremely poor families, they often cannot find steady jobs and are at high risk of turning to drugs or becoming involved in crimes or other violence. (UNICEF/ HQ97-1159/Giacomo Pirozzi)
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Save the Children, Sweden. (June 2002) Children’s Poll: South African Child Rights Survey - Summary Report. Pretoria, South Africa: Save the Children (Sweden), Regional Office of South Africa.
ISBN: 0-7992-2222-4

Despite the commitments of the South African Government to protect the rights of its children, South Africa is still a long ways from meeting its objectives.


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