About 1-3% of the children and youth population of the major cities in the Philippines comprises street children. In Metro Manila and the National Capital Region (NCR) an estimated of 30,000 children on the streets, while nationwide, 250,000 street children are believed to be plying the streets of major urban centers. 

Street children are commonly transformed into child workers, working and/or living on the streets and engaged in vending, car washing, scavenging, begging, peddling drugs, prostitution and petty theft.  These children experience family problems, hunger, neglect and domestic violence, that trigger them to escape from their homes and live part-time, or even full-time on the streets, yet some are simply abandoned. They suffer from hunger, cold, sickness, abuse, and exploitation. Among the street children, the street girls are the most vulnerable to maltreatment, sexual abuse and exploitation. 30% of street children are girls and these children are often in conflict with the law and the authorities. (Hope.org)

Street children are the kind of people who need not only a house but a home that will shelter them from the hurt, the pain, the feeling of being unloved and unwanted. They must be given and showed care, attention and affection. They must be offered time to enjoy youth, and a realization within that each individual has a sense of life and purpose. And of course they deserve a chance to change, to live again and hope for a brighter future ahead of them.

We wish that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) hear our petition, take action and help out these children.

This is a Cooperative Learning Project of the Subject Empowerment Technologies, Grade 11 - Section Provincia Bohemiae

Colegio San Agustin Biñan, Biñan City, Laguna, Philippines