CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROBLEMS OF STREET CHILDREN IN GONDAR CITY ADMINISTRATION: IN A QUALITATIVE STUDY

BISET YALEW ABERA; BUSHA TAA

BISET YALEW ABERA School of Sociology and Social work Department of Sociology College of Social Science and the Humanities, University of Gondar, Ethiopia.
BUSHA TAA School of Sociology and Social work Department of Sociology College of Social Science and the Humanities, University of Gondar, Ethiopia.

Abstract

Objective: This research aimed to investigate the circumstances and problems of street children in Gondar city administration.

Methods: To achieve the research objectives, qualitative method and Phenomenological design were employed to investigate the daily lived experience of street children. The data were collected by using in-depth interview, FGD and key informants and analyzed thematically. Purposive and snowballing sampling techniques in this study were employed to select participants.

Results: The findings of the study showed that children joined the street due to lack of family planning, divorce, parental detachment, poverty, abuse, and neglect, socio- cultural issues and peer pressure. They are encountered rape, inadequate basic needs social exclusion, and health problems and inaccessibility of health services.

Conclusion: Street children additionally face more troubles once they are on the street that is surely going to have an effect on their development.

Keywords: street children, circumstances, problems, Gondar city administration

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