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Work Undertaken by the Children/Youth – Kampong Cham 2009
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27
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20
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Farmer
Beggar
Scavenger
11
8
7 7 7
6
3 3 3 3
2
1 1
ConstructionWorker
NoInformation
ShoeShinner
CarPark
SexWorker
Stealing
Sewing
Laundry
FactoryWork
VendorSeller
Porter
HouseWorker
Most of the street children/youth in Kampong Cham provided multiple answers to the
question of what activities were undertaken on the streets in order to make a livelihood –
thus working in more than one area. The most common work undertaken is scavenging,
at 40.3 percent of the total questionnaires, followed by begging at 29.9 percent. Activities
revolving around farming or construction work were other frequent answers at 16.4
percent and 11.9 percent respectively. Comparing the trends of this year’s Kampong
Cham questionnaire survey to last year, there has been a minor decrease of children/
youth engaging in scavenging activities from 47.3 percent in 2008 to 40.3 percent in
2009. The tendency for begging activities remains at the same level. Regarding street
children/youth engaging in laundering activities this year’s survey reveals a notable
result with a decrease from 28 percent of the total in 2008 to only 5.3 percent this
year.
A general trend that characterises the street life in Kampong Chang is the breadth of
activities that the street children/youth engage in to make a livelihood. Moreover, some
activities (farming, factory work...) are not only linked to the informal economy unlike the
other questionnaire locations.
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CSCN Street Children Profile 2009
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