"With this web-site I hope to contribute to all those who are dedicated to promote sexual health in street children and slum children world-wide. May we prevent them from getting infected with STDs or HIV / AIDS !!"

Meindert Schaap


 
This is a private area of this website, containing Meindert's personal internet diary (in Dutch) and photo albums. This area is only open to friends, family and personal acquaintances.

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Since 2001 an extensive research & intervention (/ AIDS prevention) program on sexual health and teenage street children / slum children in India has started. Read more by clicking the links below. [To view ALL PAGES, please register / LOGIN...]

 

STUDY: Many STREET CHILDREN face SEXUAL ABUSE in INDIA by Times of India / uploaded by Meindert Schaap
[source: Times of India, January 14, 2010] In damning statistics, a government study has found that a vast majority of street children face sexual abuse in India, which is home to the world's largest number of destitute children. According to a study conducted by the ministry of women and child development, the overall incidence of physical abuse among street children was 66.8 per cent. The majority of the street children facing physical abuse are in the age group of 5-12 years....



CONFERENCE on our SEXUAL HEALTH TOOLKIT for STREET CHILDREN! by Meindert Schaap, APSA-SHIP
Dear Friends! It is a great pleasure for me to announce the official launch of the English-language version of the Sexual Health Intervention Toolkit for Street Children and Out-of-School Slum Children in India! After more than 5 years of very hard work, the APSA-SHIP toolkit will be presented and discussed in three regional NGO-consultations in South India in the coming few weeks. In the attachments below you will find a brief brochure about the consultations and a registration form (you need...



SEXUAL ABUSE RISKS for STREET CHILDREN during WORLD CUP 2010 by Ann Majavu, SOWETAN (uploaded by Meindert Schaap)
Dear friends and colleagues, Please see the article below. The same risks may apply to the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games... Let us start working now to protect the Delhi street and slum teenagers against possible sexual abuse. Only 1 year to go... Meindert. --------------------------------------------------------------- Beware of 2010 ‘sex tourists’ 26 October 2009 Ann Majavu Warning on child abuse An international child trafficking expert has warned that the government needs to take urgent steps now to prevent child trafficking and sexual exploitation during the 2010 World...



IMPORTANT RESEARCH on STREET CHILDREN & AIDS (a.o. IAS) by Meindert Schaap (compilation)
Dear Friends, Today I stumbled upon a total of 11 good research abstracts related to street children and their sexual health & AIDS, internationally (published between 2006 and 2009). Though I am working in this field for the last 9 years, again these data are shocking to me. I have copied the first 4 of these article abstracts below. To each article I have added a few lines of personal thought [in italics and bold, and coded with my initials "MS:"]....



 

APSA Bangalore
Meindert Schaap (director)
Prof. dr. Shekhar Seshadri (NIMHANS Bangalore)
Cordaid - Netherlands
Stichting Kinderpostzegels
Bernard van Leer Foundation
BOSCO Bangalore
Here you may find our discussion forum on slum/street children & sexuality. Please feel free to participate!
Photos of Street Children [(c) Meindert Schaap]
First South Indian NGO Conference on Street/Slum Children and Sexual Health
Photos of Street Children [from various sources]
Second South Indian NGO Training on Street/Slum Children and Sexual Health
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