Background
The phenomenon of street childchildren is an alarming worldwide problem. There are about 100 milllion street children worlwide according to estimations of Unicef. Street children, as the offspring of complex contemporary urban environments, represent one of our most serious global challenges. Street children are maltreated, imprisoned and, in some countries, killed. No country and virtually no city anywhere in the world today is without the presence of street children. Both developed and developing countries face a broad spectrum of problems posed by these children, yet few steps have been taken to address the issue.
Lets add to this conclusion that the problem of street children is in the countries itself seen as a burden to get rid of, or to exploit. When you look superficially, the phenomenon street children are one of the many problems that once occur in developing countries. They can be seen as a byproduct of the overall poverty. But it seems to me more a condensed forms of the global relation between the rich and poor, the haves and the non-haves. The increase of the number of street children seems to have relation with the phenomenon of the globalization. Young people are the most vulnerable and at the same time they are the working and intellectual force of the future. Developing countries are depending on the capabilities of the youth in the future time. That is why this problem of the street children must have more attention here and in other countries. Europe as a bundle of states that have added to the troubled past of many third world countries should also show their responsibility towards the children of those countries.
By publishing the book, we can put the issue on the moral and political agenda of global citizens.