A Life Without Basic Service: ‘Street Children Say’

Summary

This study builds on the learning of Street Diary (Save the Children UK, 2001), giving the opportunity for a group of children to represent their own analysis of their situation. It examines the human and emotional dimension of life on the street. This is a representative of the feelings of children living on the street about their lives and organisations working with them. The research was designed by a research team from Sath-sath and Save the Children UK.

Their methodology was based on the principle that as far as practically possible the research should be conducted and analysed by street children themselves. The research design acted as a base which the children could work from and which could be adapted according to needs. The child researchers participated in a two-day preparation workshop in which they were facilitated to examine their own experience. This formed the basis from which the team could conduct the research with their friends.