ENG311: Street children in Mongolia

Since 1990 the number of street children in Mongolia has increased. Many children stay on the street, others live in underground sewers. Statistics reveal that there are around 60000.
School dropouts-most are chilkdren from herder families. Children do a variety of work. Many chikldren in urban areas work in highly dangerous situations. They steal coal off of moving train cars. Others beg for small change. At 5 or 6 years old, they sell candy or shine shoes, beg or steal. They look for food in trash cans. They sniff glue. Many can not spell their own first names, and they will never go to school.
The street children dream of having a beautiful house and playing football with their friends.