Burkina Faso
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- Burkina Faso
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In 2002, the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity organised with the help of UNICEF, a nationwide survey of street children in Burkina Faso. It found just over 2,000 children living on the streets between the ages of 7-21, of which 62% were between the ages of 13 and 18 and 24% between 7 and 12. Although the total proportion of girls within this group was small (2.6%), over half of these were between 13-18 years old. It is important also to notice the significant percentage of individuals above the age of 18 living on the streets (11.5%) who have put downs roots in the street environment. It is this older population that exerts a great deal of influence over the young arrivals, and upon whom the latter tend to depend for much of their protection.
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{Based on a paper submitted by Tissons, ANERSER (Association Nationale pour l’Education et la Réinsertion des Enfants des Rues), CREDO (Christian Relief and Development Organisation), OMEEB (Organisation Musulmane pour l’Epanouissement des Enfants au Burkina), Solidarité Jeunes IAEMO and MAEJT – Burkina Faso}