Institutions/Agencies/NGOs working in the field of street children

ICCB: International Catholic Child Bureau

ICCB is an institution, which provides a platform for discussion and which works towards helping all children. ICCB develops and supports programmes in favour of street children in Africa, in Latin America and in Asia. It carries out its activities in conjunction with shelters and therapeutic communities, which are linked to families and local communities. Street working children and drug-addict teenagers may have some who listens to them, may receive spiritual and psychological help, and have access to basic literacy and to vocational training, which allow their reinsertion into society.

ICCB
70, bd Magenta 75010 Paris, France
Tél.: 01 53 35 01 00 
Fax : 01 53 35 01 10
e-mail : bice.paris@bice.org

UNICEF advocates and works for the protection of children’s rights, to help the young meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.

UNICEF
3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA
Tél.: (1-212) 326 7000 
Fax : (1-212) 888 7465 / 7454
Internet : http://www.unicef.org

The ILO international programme for the elimination of child labour (IPEC) is the leading programme for technical co-operation on this matter in the world. The aim of this programme is to contribute to the progressive elimination of child labour by reinforcing the capacity of countries to tackle the problem and by setting up a world-wide movement to combat it.

International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
4, route des Morillons Ch-1211 Genève 22 SUISSE
Tél.: (41-22) 799 81 81
Fax : (41-22) 799 87 71
E-mail : IPEC@ilo.org
Internet : http://www.ilo.org/childlabour

The main mission of the WHO is the promotion of health for all. In 1992, the WHO Programme on Substance Abuse (PSA) initiated a special project "Street Children and Substance Abuse". The project has been aimed at developing a framework within which specific organisations could assess the nature and extent of the problem of street children and substance abuse in individual communities in order to develop and implement appropriate responses. The initial funding for the project came from the United Nation Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP).

WHO
20, avenue Appia - 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland
Tél.: (41) (22) 791 21 11 
Fax : (41) (22) 791-2746
E-mail : info@who.ch
Internet : http://www.who.org

The Council of Europe is an international organisation based in the French City of Strasbourg. Its main role is to strengthen democracy, human rights and the rule of law throughout its member states. The defence and promotion of these fundamental values is no longer simply an internal matter for governments but has become a shared and collective responsibility of all the countries concerned.

The Council of Europe is also active in enhancing Europe’s cultural heritage in all the diversity. It also acts as forum for examining a whole range of social problems, such as social exclusion, intolerance, the integration of migrants, the threat to private life posed by new technology, bioethical issues, terrorism, drug trafficking and criminal activities.

The Council of Europe
Avenue de l’Europe - 67000 Strasbourg, France
Tél.: 33 (0) 3 88 41 20 00
Fax : 33 (0) 3 88 41 27 80
Internet : http://www.coe.fr

This Network has about 600 members all over the world coming from Non-Governmental Organisations and Governmental Organisations, multilateral and international agencies, cities and universities and aims at responding to the needs of street children and promoting their rights. It also facilitates information-sharing, promotes activities launched in the field on behalf of street children and sensitises political decisions-makers to the rights and needs of street children.

European Network on Street Children Worldwide (ENSCW)
Avenue Albert, 137 B1190 Bruxelles, Belgique
Tél.: 32 (0) 2 347.78.48 
Fax : 32 (0) 2 347.79.46
E-mail : enscw@xs4all.be

MARJUVIA is a research group attached to the "Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales" in Paris. It specialises in the study of the phenomenon of the marginalisation of the youth in Africa. It publishes a half-yearly review on different research issues concerning marginalised youth as well as case studies.

MARJUVIA
Centre d’Etudes Africaines EHESS-CNRS
54, boulevard Raspail 75006 paris
Tél.: 01 49 54 23 92
Fax : 01 49 54 26 92

ENDA Tiers-Monde is an international NGO based in Dakar, Senegal. It works with children and youth in difficult circumstances and carries out various activities for economic and social development which involve the participation of youth.

ENDA Tiers-Monde
B.P. 3370 Dakar, Sénégal
Tél.: (221) 822 42 29
Fax : (221) 822 26 95

Save the Children is the leading UK charity working to create a better world for children. It works in 70 countries helping children in the world’s most impoverished communities. It is part of the International Save the Children Alliance, which aims to be a truly international movement for children.

Save the Children Fund
17 Grove Lane, Camberwell London SE5 8RD Royaume-Uni
Tél.: 44 (171) 7035400
Fax : 44 (171) 7032278
Internet : http://www.oneworld.org/scf/