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Land Conflict Resolution Within An Autonomous Space, John Cheney
Land Conflict Resolution Within An Autonomous Space, John Cheney
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
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Leaving The Streets, Jane Slater
Leaving The Streets, Jane Slater
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Currently thousands of children and adolescents live in the streets of Managua, and this phenomenon is moving rapidly into the smaller cities of Nicaragua. In other countries around the world, civil war is a leading cause of street children, but in Nicaragua, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, often committed by the father or stepfather, combined with poverty is usually why children and adolescents turn to the street. Street kids range in age from about 5 or 6 years old to 18 years old, and many kids living in the streets have children of their own. The majority of street kids …