the role/authority of the church, government, family, media, science, art, education, and business as it concerns the risk

What can we do for them??

For example, church can open the door and invite (also reach out to) children and tell them about God. And we can give them food.

  Media can inform about their life to many people more and more. (Actually when I got to know about street children first time was through document TV) 

On the business, Nike handed out shoes to street children.  I expect that government can give education to street children.

We can do something for them. Let’s thinking about it !

One boy's story ...

3years ago I was in Brazil. And I met a boy who was a street child before. I want to introduce about his experience… 

He was born in rich family but his parents are divorce and he lived with her mother and his boyfriend. Mother’s boyfriend abused him by fiscally and mother didn’t help him.

So one day he decided to run away to street. He didn’t have anything. And He became a prostitute for men. Because this was only way to live. He was so tired.

But one day, when he sat on the street, one Lady came to him and they went to a home for street children. At the time he get to know God. He is living at the home now and study at school and healing his heart through God’s love.

Millennium Development Goals for street children

Goal 1: End poverty and hunger

Goal 2: Universal primary education

Goal 3: Gender equality

Goal 4: Reduce childhood mortality

Goal 5: Maternal health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS

Goal 7: Environmental sustainability

Here is the link for them which are decided at NY in 2010.

http://streetchildworldcup.org/blog/street-children-failed-by-millennium-development-goals/

advocacy program for Street children

Now, in the world NGO, UNICEF, ICAN(this is Japanese office) and many other organizations are working for street children.

I find one of interesting work for street children. This is what people doing for children at subway station in Brazil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riTM9tcIzyA

definition about Street Children

 Who are street children?

Street children is someone who living with their own family but working at street.

Street children are someone who live at the street and sleep at there.

How they living on the street?

Often they selling something on the street and earn money or ask food to people.

Some children become a prostitute and someone commit a crime for live. Sometime they will be drug addict.

Why are they live at the street?

Because their family is poverty, and broken home. And some children receive abuse and neglect by parents. Some parents are addicted by alcohol or drug and they say earn money at the street…etc

What problem they have?

In warm country, they don’t need to worry about freeze to death but street is not sanitary conditions so there are risks of infection.

In cold country, they need to make them warm so they live in sewerage with friends. Of course the hygiene environment are bad

In some country, they are killed by people.

Research Current Event

This week I research about abuse news.

Now I found news about abuse…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bradford-west-yorkshire-12174813

Please read this news and thinking about it.

I want to ask you…

Do you think that there should be stricter policies on reporting suspected abuse?

Should there be disciplinary action for the social worker?

What is our responsibility for children who receiving abuse?

Please think about it…

1st week lecture

1^st week speaker: Janna Moats

Why We’re Here ~A Framework for Action~

Janna came from New Zealand and she is working for women and children at The Women & Children’s Advocacy Center (WCAC)

Two or three main concepts that I took out of lectures.

Concept 1: Do I value what God values?

We have to value something before our heart is broken about it.

We cannot change what they DO with children if they don’t value the children.

When working in a ministry with children we should be working on what God intended things to be like.

Concept 2: We cannot go into any type of ministry when we think that the people are “less than us”

We go to stand beside. Relate like God Relates

Our job is to talk to people in this world and remind them who they are!

             

Concept3: Constantly calling people back to who they are. We don’t tell them what is “wrong” with them. we remind them of the plans that God has for them. Tell them about their future in God and that He has huge plans for every single one of us.

OUR MESSAGE IS HOPE

Introduction

Hello, Welcome to my blog.

Now I’m in Tijuana, Mexico for studying at Children at Risk School(CRS) in the mission organization’s Youth With A Mission(YWAM).

I’ll introduce about CRS a little bit.

CRS is a school for studying about what is happning to children in the world NOW. And know God’s Love for them. And knowing how we can change the world.

I’ll study at this school in 3mounth and I want to share what is happing to my heart and to children now.

And also I’ll research about children at Risk and I’ll share with you.

If you want to contact to me please comment on this blog or please send e-mail me.

e-mail address is “ ayumi8851@live.jp”.

Thank you.