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and the children themselves. The article also mentions the launch of the National Strategy for the Protection and Rehabilitation of Street Children, which is supposed to give the street children better lives and to ensure them access to the things they are deprived from. (UNICEF Egypt.) Another interesting article called "In Cairo, Hordes of Street Kids, but no Longer Ignored" states that some of these street children finally got help. There is a story mentioned of a man who looks for street children at night and take them to a shelter. He worked for a non-profit organization where he helped the boys he finds. The article also mentions some groups such as “Home village society� which tries to help the street children. (Carroll, 2008) These groups aim to give the street children a normal life; they try to help them as much as they can. These non-profit groups are like the one I work with which I mentioned earlier. The number of these kids is increasing and according to statistics: 28% of street children didn’t receive any education, 35 % take their income to support their families, and 4 % are using drugs. These are some statistics, not all of them; they come from studies conducted by the Ministry of Family and Population in Egypt. Also, Dr. Moshira Khatab, the Minister of Family and Population suggested some strategies to deal with the problem such as strengthening Egyptian family bonds and improving education. ("58.7 Percent of Street Children are in Cairo, Says Study.", 2009) Methodology After reviewing the literature, I conducted a survey and several interviews. That is the most interesting part where we are exploring our topics more and getting evidences to be kind of satisfied of what we found. I conducted a survey to see the responses of various people. I wrote the questions and then asked Mr. Gibson, my rhetoric instructor,