Friendship on the Streets: Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

TY - GEN

T1 - Friendship on the Streets

T2 - Street Children and Youth in Three African Cities

AU - Hunter, Janine

AU - van Blerk, Lorraine

AU - Shand, Wayne

PY - 2018/8/1

Y1 - 2018/8/1

N2 - •The absence of family and other stable adult relationships increases the importance of friendships as a way to cope with the difficulties of life on the street. •Friends are a source of protection, knowledge, comfort and practical support, which enable children and youth to meet their basic needs and to respond to the problems they experience. •Friendships can falter or become exploitative where young people are competing for money, food or sexual relationships. •Relationships change as young people get older and they take on other responsibilities, such as caring for children.

AB - •The absence of family and other stable adult relationships increases the importance of friendships as a way to cope with the difficulties of life on the street. •Friends are a source of protection, knowledge, comfort and practical support, which enable children and youth to meet their basic needs and to respond to the problems they experience. •Friendships can falter or become exploitative where young people are competing for money, food or sexual relationships. •Relationships change as young people get older and they take on other responsibilities, such as caring for children.

KW - street children/youth

KW - FRIENDSHIP NETWORKS

KW - resilience

UR - https://www.streetchildren.org/tools-and-resources/growing-up-on-the-streets/

UR - https://www.dundee.ac.uk/growing-streets/knowledge-exchange-and-impact

U2 - 10.20933/100001148

DO - 10.20933/100001148

M3 - Other contribution

T3 - Growing up on the Streets: Briefing Papers

PB - University of Dundee

ER -