Street Children and Gangs in African Cities: Guidelines for Local Authorities

Summary

Local authorities in Africa are increasingly confronted with a rising number of street children and all too often do not quite know how to deal with this growing problem. It is thus the objective of this report to provide guidelines for local authorities in Africa on how to deal with street children in their cities.

This is done by:
• Providing an overview of the issue of street children in general; and
• Providing an overview of the issue of different roles local authorities can play when addressing the issue of street children.