[Street children in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: causes for leaving home]

(Les enfants de la rue à Bukavu, République Démocratique du Congo: causes de l'abandon du toit parental.)

Full Abstract

The purpose of this report is to describe the results of a survey conducted in 2004 among a cohort of 310 street children in Bukavu DR Congo to determine sociodemographic features and the reasons that led them to leave the homes of their parents. The causes were school dropout due either to the inability of the parents to pay or refusal to study, death or separation of parents, family dispute, feelings of injustice or discrimination within the family, and a desire for freedom. Street life depersonalizes children, subjects them to the law of the strongest, and exposes them to drugs and prostitution.

Author information

Author/s: Witumbula Katambwe, V (V); Kizanda, F (F); Wabatinga Kyalemaninwa, G (G);

Affiliation: Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Bukavu, République Démocratique du Congo. witumbulavincent(-atsign-)yahoo.fr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Médecine tropicale : revue du Corps de santé colonial (Med Trop (Mars)), published in France. (Language: fre)

Reference: 2009-Jun; vol 69 (issue 3) : pp 303-5

Dates: Created 2009/08/25; Completed 2009/10/01;

PMID: 19702159, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/1/2009, IMS Date: )

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