The Federal Government estimates that 31,992 adults live on the streets in Brazil. There are no national statistics for minors. An NGO, putting together various local government counts and other estimates, arrived at c. 9578 street-dwellers younger than 18, in state capitals; it estimates they number 25,000 nation-wide. It has also been pointed out that most minors living on the streets are adolescents, rather than children
Friday, August 20, 2010
Street children in brazil
The Federal Government estimates that 31,992 adults live on the streets in Brazil. There are no national statistics for minors. An NGO, putting together various local government counts and other estimates, arrived at c. 9578 street-dwellers younger than 18, in state capitals; it estimates they number 25,000 nation-wide. It has also been pointed out that most minors living on the streets are adolescents, rather than children
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