This book contributes to a better understanding of street children and youth within Sub-Saharan
Africa. It investigates the psychological conditions of these children and determines how to
reintegrate them into mainstream socio-economic activities. The book proposes cures and
preventive measures. It also highlights the inextricable link which exists between street
children and youth problem and economic underdevelopment within Sub-Saharan Africa. With a
careful examination of the main reasons of poverty and weak institutions within the region the
book offers suggestions on how to prevent street children and youth problem by alleviating
poverty through a vibrant industrial sector and economic development. This book also provides
recommendations on how to cure the problem by creating social enterprises which can offer
opportunities to the youth and their parents. It achieves this by first comparing children and
youth on the street (those who have homes to return to at night) with children and youth of
the street (those who both work and live on the street). It then looks at a project designed to
boost the resilience of street children. By looking at the differences between children on the
street and children of the street the book highlights the importance of having a home and of
the great value of cooperation between churches non-government organizations and the state in
working to make the lives of these young people better. This book is a useful resource for
students academics and researchers in the fields of psychology social work sociology and
international development.
