ISBN 978-91-88267-05-4 ISSN 1401-5781
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ƚŽƌĞŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƟŽŶŝŶƚŚĞ<ĂŐĞƌĂƌĞŐŝŽŶ͕dĂŶnjĂŶŝĂ
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
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This study, conducted in the Kagera region of north-west- ern Tanzania, shows that children living on the streets can reintegrate into the community when given adequate support. The life trajectories of a group of around 250 ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶĂŶĚLJŽƵŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞǁĞƌĞƐƚƵĚŝĞĚƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůLJ
ĨƌŽŵďĞĨŽƌĞƚŚĞLJŚĂĚůĞŌŚŽŵĞƚŽĂŌĞƌƚŚĞLJŚĂĚďĞĞŶ
reintegrated for at least a one-year period.
dŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ
which children leave home, how their lives are shaped on ƚŚĞƐƚƌĞĞƚƐĂŶĚĂƐĚŽŵĞƐƟĐǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ͕ĂŶĚǁŚĂƚĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞƐ
ƚŚĞŝƌƌĞƚƵƌŶĂŶĚƌĞŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƟŽŶŝŶƚŽƚŚĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘dŚŝƐ
ƐƚƵĚLJƌĞĂĸƌŵƐƚŚĞŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƌŽůĞƐŽĨĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛ƐĂŐĞŶĐLJ͕
ƌĞƐŝůŝĞŶĐĞĂŶĚƐŽĐŝĂůĐĂƉŝƚĂů͕ŝŶĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶǁŝƚŚƉĞŽƉůĞͲ ĐĞŶƚƌĞĚĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJͲďĂƐĞĚƐŽĐŝĂůǁŽƌŬ͕ŝŶŵĂŬŝŶŐƌĞ- ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƟŽŶƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘
:ĞĂŶĞƩĞKůƐƐŽŶŝƐĂƐŽĐŝĂůǁŽƌŬĞƌĂŶĚƉƵďůŝĐŚĞĂůƚŚƉƌŽ- ĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ǁŚŽ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ƚǁŽ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ ŚĂƐ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ
ĮĞůĚŽĨĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶĂŶĚLJŽƵŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞŝŶ^ǁĞĚĞŶĂŶĚŝŶƚĞƌŶĂ- ƟŽŶĂůůLJ͘dŚŝƐŝƐŚĞƌĚŝƐƐĞƌƚĂƟŽŶƚŚĞƐŝƐĨŽƌWŚ͘