about street chidren in dhaka.

1. Welcome to our presentation

2. Group Members
Student ID Name
Najibur Rahman 1431147
Ismail Ahmed Faisal 1510296
Sazzad Hossain 1522061
Md. Nahid 1521967
Hasib Mohammed 1521917
A k M khairul Rashid 1410990

3. Majority of the child
35%
65%
STREET CHILD
girls boys
• 35% are girls
• 65% are boys

4. where they are from ?
• Most of them are from North Bengal
• similar portion of them are from
A. Kisherganj
B. Comilla
C. Khulna
D. Chittagong

5. The mean age of child is similar
• Boys -10 to 12 years
• Girls -10 to 13 years
• Majority of the boy child almost 60% between 10 to 14
years

6. Whom do they live with in Dhaka ?
• 60% live with their parents
• 10% live with their abandoned/widowed mother
• 25% child live alone in Dhaka city
• 5% of child live with their relatives or known people

7. Reason of leaving hometown
• Father & mother died
• Flood destroyed land
• Parents got married again
• Isolated from family

8. Where to Sleep at Night?
• 50% child live with their parents at slum/low income
settlement/shanty towns
• 15 % spent the night on the pavement in-front of
market/park
• 10% live in the shelter home run by NGOs/Government
• 25% per cent live at rail station & bus station

9. Status of Taking Meals
• Get foods from NGOs/Government
• Buy the wasted foods from different restaurant
• Beg from somewhere

10. Job/Work
• 48% have reported about collecting scraps
• 10 % of the child sell flower
• 12% selling newspaper
• 15% Selling chocolates/nuts
• 15% work at factory

11. Problems faced during work
• 20% have reported that police force them to leave the
place of work
• 65% child have reported about peoples negative attitude
,harsh words
• 15% child have reported about assaulting physically by
the community people

12. Status of Attending School
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
reported
boys girls
• Only 20% boys and 35% girls have
reported about attending school
• Only 10% child goes to NGO-run
school and informal school

13. Reasons behind not Attending School
-The core reason is the poverty
- 30% of the child felt education unnecessary as they are poor
- 50% child family members forced to start to work
- 10% of the child lost the interest in going to school
-10% reported about unfriendliness of school teachers and bad school
environment

14. Prevalence of Diseases
• Fever
• Cough and cold
• Headache and Diarrhea
• Skin disease
• Respiratory problem

15. Seeking Medical Treatment
• Only 5% went to hospital/medical center
• 80% they simply went to a pharmacy and bought some
common drugs
• 15 %went to homeopath and traditional healer

16. THANK YOU
Any question ?