From street to hope : faith based and secular programs in Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Nairobi for street-living children / Neela Dabir, Naina Athale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dabir, Neela.

Contributor:

Athale, Naina, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Street children--Social conditions.

Street children.

Street children--Services for.

Street children--Government policy--United States.

Street children--Government policy--India.

Street children--Government policy--Kenya.

UNICEF.

International Labour Organization.

Street children--Government policy.

Kenya.

India.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.

Summary:

This study is based on research by a team affiliated with the University of Southern California's School of Social Work, working with organizations in Kenya and India. The research was originally conducted in 2005, and the book is based on a monograph titled Innovative Programs Servicing Homeless and Street Living Children around the World: A Compilation of Best-Practice Models from Los Angeles, Mumbai, India, and Nairobi, Kenya. The study describes secular and faith-based programs to help street children living in three major global metropolises: Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Nairobi, and examines state policies regarding such programs. The first part of the book gives background on definitions, population estimates, and causes of child and youth homelessness. Part 2 describes services for street children in the three cities and looks at evidence-based interventions at the global level. B&w photos are included. There is no subject index. Dabir and Athale are affiliated with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Theorizing and researching street children in Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Nairobi

Street children conceptualized : the problem with the definition

From definitional to real : global realities of street children

Street children in the big city : the case of Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Nairobi

Public private partnership : empirical review of involvement of faith based and secular organizations

Street children in the USA, India, and Kenya : policies and programmes

Global initiatives for street children : efforts by the UNICEF and ILO in the USA, India, and Kenya

The research findings

Similarities and diversities : services for street living children across the three cities

Evidence based interventions at the global level.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9788132105138

8132105133

OCLC:

706467181