§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development in which countries her Department is working on projects for the benefit of street children. [103730]
§ Clare ShortThe Department for International Development (DFID) supports work in many countries which benefits the lives of street children, either strategically or through targeted interventions. This includes work in Brazil, Ecuador, Kenya, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, and Mozambique.
The reality is that children cannot be separated from the wider communities in which they live. Projects that seek to supply services to children which are not part of a wider effort to improve economic development or the provision of basic services will not generate sustainable development and real improvements in the life of children. Street children in many countries benefit from 495W our programmes for primary education and the elimination of child labour, either channelled bilaterally or through support for, for example, the united Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the ILO's International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour.