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Based on the definition by the Inter-NGO Programme on Street Children and Street Youth, 1983, a street child refers to “any boy or girl…for whom the street in the widest sense of the word…has become his or her habitual abode and/or source of livelihood, and who is inadequately protected, supervised, or directed by responsible adults”. One recent U.S. State Department study reported an estimated 20,000 children on the streets of Thailand's major urban centres. According to research by the (Foundation for the Better Life for Children ), the number rose rapidly from 20,000 in 2006 to 30,000 in 2010, suggesting an escalating scale and severity of the problem. These children are not restricted to only the Thai nationals; a significant portion of them are Khmer, Burmese, Laos and Vietnamese. Roughly 40 percent of the street children in Bangkok surveyed in 2008–2010 by Friends-International are Khmer, Burmese and Vietnamese. ==Categories== While there are various definitions and categories of street children, the organizations that work with street children in Thailand frequently employ these categories in their works: #''Street working children'' - children who maintain regular contacts with their families, but spend a majority of their time working on the streets to provide an income for their families or themselves; #''Street living children'' - children who actually live and work on the streets and are abandoned and neglected or have run away from their families; and #''Children from street living families'' - children of families living on the streets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Street children in Thailand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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