Street children in the Philippines

[1] According to the "Stairway" foundation, there are three different categories of street children: The Philippines ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on August 21, 1990.

[6] Poverty, displacement due to armed conflict, and exposure to climatic and environmental impacts are key factors that lead to heightened vulnerability and increases in the number of street children.

[11] In 2005, a report found that 39 children in Davao City had been killed by vigilante groups since 2001, most after having been released from police detention cells.

[14][further explanation needed] Rooted in poverty, as elsewhere, the problem of child prostitution in Angeles City was exacerbated in the 1980s by Clark Air Base, where bars employed children who ended up as sex workers for American soldiers.

Various organizations have established charities and shelters, providing counseling, food, clothing and religious instruction in an attempt to help street children.