TITLE:
Violation of the Rights of the Children of the Street of Lubumbashi and Kipushi in the Province of Upper Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
AUTHORS:
Tambwe Ndjakanyi Pierre Boniface, Lakula Niclette, Kataka Zabadi, Wetchi Ongona, Kasongo Pembi Christian, J. M. Sunolide Mabo, Kaki Khang Mariette, D. Nsongole Kapenda, Yayila Tshimba Sylvie, Bondo Kalumba Clarisse, P. Kalenga Mulongo, M. Bianza Bakadia, G. N’sakila Malemba
KEYWORDS:
Violation, Rights, Street Children, Lubumbashi and Kipushi, Province of Haut-Katanga
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.4 No.5,
May
26,
2017
ABSTRACT: The street children are
girls or boys who have not reached adulthood and for whom the street in general
(building abandoned, vacant lots, etc.) has become the habitual residence, and
the means existence. In the DRC, many of these children are estimated at 70,000
for the entire country and 20,000 for Kinshasa alone, the number is growing
every year. These children living on the streets suffer from extreme poverty
and are exposed to daily violation of their rights. We conducted a study that
aimed to describe the different types of the rights of street children in violation
in the province of Haut-Katanga, Lubumbashi and precisely Kipushi. Their
violations include rights to protection, safety and healthy environment, rights
to health and food, Education rights,
rights to protection against abuse and rights to be
protected against the consumption and illicit use of narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances. This is a cross descriptive study which was a non-probability sample of
convenience. Data collection was conducted among 815 street children, 360
parents and 8 supervisors of street children. The observation with an
information guide and an interview with a self-administered questionnaire was
used us as data collection techniques. The results of this study show that the
rights of street children are subject to violation of Lubumbashi Kipushi. Their
violations concern in particular the rights to protection (63.4% of cases); the rights
to health and to food (78.2%; 68.5% of cases); the right to education (72.3% of
cases); the rights to be protected against the consumption and illicit use of
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (87.7% of cases). It takes special
attention to children of such a street that provides the international
convention on children’s
rights.