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Breakdown of Street Children/Youth Cases by Category – Neak Loeung 2009
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Sex
Male
Female
50
40
23
30
20
30
10
0
Street Working Children
4
2
Street Living Families
The Neak Loeung data analysis based on the 3-fold distribution on street children/youth
categories indicates a similar distribution compared to last years CSCN profile, with the
majority of children/youth working in the streets. The questionnaire survey 2009 points
to 89.8 percent of the children/youth working in the streets, making SWC the main
category in Neak Loeung. This year the SLF category accounted for 10 percent and
none of the children/youth were living on the streets, but were returning to caregivers at
night. Comparing the SLF category to last years survey, there has been a remarkable
decrease in the number of families living in the streets, from 47 percent in 2008 to only
10 percent in 2009. The rather limited number of both SLC and SLF differs from the
average of the CSCN survey.
Analysing the results against the 2008 snapshot results a similar distribution on street
chil-dren/youth categories is identified. According to Damnok Toek (Goutte d’Eau), the
CSCN member conducting the survey in Neak Loeung, the main cause of the relatively
small SLC and SLF categories is the ‘cleaning up’ of the streets initiated by the local
authorities. As a result, the majority of the street population in Neak Loeung are working
children/youth, as the others are kept in detention or other forms of incarceration.
CSCN
CSCN Street Children Profile 2009
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