Dabir, Neela.

From street to hope : faith based and secular programmes in Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Nairobi for street-living children / Neela Dabir, Naina Athale. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011. - xiv, 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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UNICEF.
International Labour Organization.


Street children--Social conditions.
Street children--Services for.
Street children--Government policy--United States.
Street children--Government policy--India.
Street children--Government policy--Kenya.

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