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Giving street children a second chance

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Karachi: Every Tuesday and Thursday, 11-year-old Chandni escapes her makeshift abode under the Cantonment flyover in a white van for two hours of respite. “I don’t tell my mother that I leave. She forbade me to come here. She says it is no good and I should stay home and help with the housework when […]


A child on the streets lives an average life of 30 year

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KARACHI: According to a recent study, a street child who has been addicted to drugs lives an average life of a maximum 30 years. Shafiq Ahmed, programme manager at DevCon, shared these statistics at an awareness programme for street children. The event was organised by DevCon, Child Rights Movement (CRM) and Commune Artist Colony to […]