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CHILD / FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CENTRE
Create ARCHITECTURE that encourages FAMILY BONDING as a means to Reduce VIOLENCE created in the children and therefore the chances of them escaping to the STREET
1. Introduction Street children are not given the attention needed and are regarded as insignificant defects of society. They are ignored and left to live their lives on the street with no support whatsoever. The negative impact of these children on society is Crucial; they are not only a threatening and an unhealthy sector, but rather, a waste of many creative potentials society could benefit from. To save these children, the reason to what make them leave to the street must be determined. First, it was found that the children are extremely violent and mistrusting to anyone. The reason behind this violence originated from the violent treatment were exposed to during their life, either at home or work. Hence, leaving the child’s only other option to escape to the street, an unhealthier environment where the child is exposed to even more and more violence, turning him himself into a violent child. It was therefore most rational to go one step back and determine the specific reasons that would make the child leave his house in the first place. There are two sets of reasons to why children escape to the street. First, are the DIRECT reasons, these do not necessarily have to do with the social status of the family or the level of education, they are simply children that have taken the decision based on various factors affecting their life and have therefore chosen to escape to the street. There are also ECONOMIC and SOCIAL reasons which have been in our society for so long without a solution producing so much poverty and ignorance that it has effortlessly sourced a rising population of street children to grow. DIRECT Reasons for being on the street
Child abuse (family/work)
Family neglect
Peer pressure
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