Description

There are an estimated 30,000 children living in the streets of Morocco. As you let that number sink in, delve into the pages of this book to join one student's quest to find out what is being done about the problem in the city of Tangier. This study explores five types of organizational responses, including a boarding school, a religious convent, and three different associations. Each institution works with various profiles of street children in its own unique way, and the author examines the approaches with which they alleviate certain issues, the philosophies behind their methods and the separate problems they all face in attempting to reintegrate the children back into Moroccan society. Through interviews and volunteer work, Cruz captures the difficulties and frustrations faced by these organizations through a first person perspective, and allows us to feel both the accomplishments and the devastation of all those she encountered along the way.