Number of Homeless Children in Juba Up Sharply, NGO Says

The number of homeless children in Juba has jumped from around 1,200 four years ago to 3,000 today, a survey by a local non-governmental organization (NGO) shows. Most of the children are orphans, but some live in the streets with their families and try to eke out a meager living by doing odd jobs, the Confident Children Out of Conflict (CCC) NGO says in the report released this week. Hoi Koi is one of Juba's street children. He says he's been roaming the capital every day,...

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