Angola´s Response to the Increase of Children on the Street: A Case Study of Luanda Town Center

Abstract

The research presents a general view of Street children in Angola placing the issue in a historical context as well as comparing current situation of the phenomenon in the country. It specifically explains the danger of not putting in place proper mechanisms to handle the situation. It's important that all the working force of the Angolan society must come together in order to fight the phenomenon and minimize its effects.  This can only be possible if improvement in political, social and economic affairs take place to determinant the child proper care to guarantee the good living for the all nation.

There is no guarantee that the problem of street children will end completely in the near future; in the end this is a social problem associated with other phenomena and even in the more developed countries, although its prevalence is defined in different ways, as well as its magnitude in different regions of the world. The Angolan institutions linked to children must present innovative and concrete programs and actions against the phenomenon of street children, involving civil societies and United Nations bodies - especially the International Organization for Childhood.