Categorization of the street children in Senegal

The street children can be classified in four main categories:
1) the children entrusted by their parents to marabouts(koranic teacher) for the training of the coran;
2) the children resulting from the poor families living in the street;
3 the children in difficult situation (children in situation of conflict with the law, children in moral danger, children victims of family violences or parents separated, orphan, young doped or delinquents in rupture with their family, children given up by their parents, handicapped children, etc.) ;
4 the street children meadows of their residences or excluded from the education system.
By Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye
African Programs Director
Bajito Onda Foundation