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by Sam Okello

It is ten o’clock at night, time to watch CBC news. Enthusiasic viewers gather around TV sets to hear The A major topic in the news is the state of our children.

Over the-radio, reported * cases of missing children cause tension in the minds of listeners. ‘One often’ hears allegations of children ‘kid- napped, saulted and others simply ran away from their parents for different reasons.

some sexually as-

In Western big cities such as Torontos, run-away children are commonly called “Stray Kids.” They roam helplessly in the streets. Most of the kids interviewed by reporters often reveal sto- ries of child abuse.

Children that are victims of rape increasingly become

afraid to mention the opic.

For fear of being exposed in

front of TV cameras, hese

children request to be anony- mous. Suffering on a mas- sive scale has seen these chil- dren in the worst ‘state ever. hey live under the most de- plorable conditions, deprived of adequate food, clothing, and shelter.

A person living in the fa- cade of Toronto’s skyscrap- ers, deluxe hotels or man- sions may find it difficult to see the bitter reality of stray kids surviving outside in the extreme weather conditions.

Tough economic situa- tions and emotional pres- sures of coping with urban life makes stray kids in their

teenage years turn to unde- sired activities. Stray kids are more likely to be hard- core criminals. They involve themselves with drugs, theft, gambling and prostitution.

In Third World countries, newspapers

print” edrtreriding irmages of hungry children’ in ‘refugee camps. Harindav Aulach, a refugee coordinator with the World University Services of Canada (WUSC) reports on ‘the lives of two litle five- year-old girls he met at the Dikhil refugee camp in Dji- boui (Africa).

Aulach is shocked to see the conditions in the camp where the two little girls live. He describes the camp 4 full of nothing like tents but “a motely collection of rags supported on unsteady poles where families live for years; sleeping, breeding, eating.”

Despite such rough com

ditions, Aulach is amazed to see thes¢ children adapt themselves t? a difficult environment. A“ cording to Aulach;' the de spair in refugee camps would be total were it ‘hot for the children, whose laughter and shouts are manifestations ° life’s determination o rene* itself. Aulach sees childre® as elements of hope.

In South Africa, news of

police shooting Black chil: dren is widely exposed to outside world by journalist* The anger of the parents # felt and shared by millions °

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Thursday February 18th 19887