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Toybox asks for help to shine a light on street children on International Day for Street Children

04-12-2021 04:41 PM CET | Associations & Organizations

Press release from: The Toybox Charity

International Day for Street Children 12th April 2021

International Day for Street Children 12th April 2021

On 12th April we recognise International Day for Street Children.

The UN estimates there are hundreds of millions of street children but exact, official figures are virtually non-existent. These children are invisible to the world, living without rights and protection on some of the most dangerous streets in the world.

Record levels of inequality, violence, migration, war and the global pandemic means more than ever children are finding themselves forced to live or work on the streets around the world.

Street children flee to escape abusive homes, lack of opportunities or end up on the streets after being displaced or trafficked, putting them are at risk of abuse and exploitation on a daily basis.

Children of all ages are exposed to stigmatisation, physical and psychological violence. Their future is bleak and their life expectancy terrifyingly low.

‘Invisible children’

What we do know is that street children are ‘invisible children’ are not counted in a census, they are not registered at birth and cannot access public services, from health to education. So how can these children’s voice be heard?

Lynne Morris, CEO at Toybox comments: “If you don’t have your birth registered, it just sets you up to fail. There’s no other way of looking at it. Without having an official identity recorded with your respective government, there’s no access to education, healthcare, employment, or benefits of any kind. You’re not even able to be buried in an official cemetery. For want of another word, you’re invisible, and for a child living on the streets, this is not okay.

This is why we began our birth registration projects. They started in Guatemala back in 2014 and since then we’ve expanded our work to reach Nepal, Bolivia and El Salvador. Our team and partners work hard to identify children on the streets who are unregistered and then support them through the legal and administrative process of getting identity documents, not to mention educating the children about their basic rights, including the right to an identity.”

Join Toybox this International Day for Street Children

Milton Keynes based Toybox is asking for help to shine a light on the challenges faced by street children all around the world, as well as in our home country. No child should be surviving on any street.

Toybox is asking landmarks, businesses, community groups and homeowners if you have some special lights, please turn them on in the evening for International Day for Street Children on Monday 12th April 2021, together we can help their voices to be heard.

Light up your street for street children this International Day for Street Children tag toyboxcharity in a photo on social media, use the hashtag #streetchildrenday.

The Toybox Charity
Challenge House
Sherwood Drive
MK3 6DP
gemma.gibbard@toybox.org

About Toybox
Toybox started working in Guatemala City in 1992, and is still there today, working with children who have been plunged into the chaos of living or working on the streets. From working in one country, with one partner, the organisation is working in seven countries with eight partners.
The charity is committed to ending the global injustice of children living and working on the city streets. It helps children marginalised and abused by those who should protect them and works with local organisations who are best placed to help find the most appropriate ways to prevent and help children escape from a life on the streets. Toybox works in El Salvador, Bolivia, Guatemala, India, Nepal, Sierra Leone and Kenya.

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