The official of INCIDIN, an NGO on child rights, Thursday urged the government, media and civil society to work together to establish centres for the street children exposed to exploitation to ensure their safe night and protect them from sexual abuse, reports BSS.
The centres must have the facilities of psychological counseling, they said. The officials also demanded to broaden the access of the street children to the government and NGO child development programmes.
The officials also urged them to ensure drug-free childhood to the street children. They made the call at a press conference at the Reporters Unity auditorium here.
A study of the INCIDIN Bangladesh in 2003 revealed that 55 percent of the street boys and 58 percent of the girls are dragged into drug addiction. And they are engaged in prostitution, the INCIDIN officials said.
The leaders also praised the Government Plan of Action and the anti-trafficking move saying these would go a long way for the wellbeing of the street children.