Organizatio's view on street kids

                        The New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had received more than 200 reports this year of the torture in police custody of street children or minors suspected of crimes. "Sometimes, the torture is inflicted to extract confessions from the children," said Human Rights Watch researcher Bede Sheppard. "At other times it appears to be carried out purely for the entertainment of the official," Sheppard said. The youngest alleged victim of police torture was a 13-year-old, and methods of torture reported on the minors included kicking, punching, forcing metal nails under toenails and beatings with plastic pipes, the rights group said.

                    Various NGOs in Nepal are holding a rally to raise awareness in every citizen of the problem of child labor. Many street children will join the rally for a chance to get a full meal. More than 500 children are expected to participate. But there are more than 5,000 street children in Nepal. Street Children in Nepal Struggling with AIDS. It is well documented that street-based children share an environment and practices that make them vulnerable to HIV infection.Furthermore, two independent tests conducted by an NGO in Kathmandu in 2002 identified the existence of HIV infection among this sub-population. In these tests, 25 out of 80 (31 percent) street children were HIV positive, and 16 out of 32 (50 percent) "high-risk" street children were HIV positive.The street children make their livelihood from rag picking, so they are seen in the localities mostly after the protest scenes are over to collect scarps, said Suchita Shah, programme manager of Sath Sath. Amrit Pariyar and his friends have been moving to the places after the riots are over to collect wires from the remains of burnt tyres and aluminum of used tear gas shells.