Egypt: The plight of Cairo's street children

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In Egypt, tens of thousands of children wander the streets of the capital, Cairo. They survive as best they can amid desperate poverty and violence. Some NGOs, such as France's SAMU Social, are trying to help these vulnerable children. Our reporters went to meet these struggling youngsters.

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[carpy]

Seeing homeless children is especially sad, they've done nothing wrong to be neglected by their own society like that.

[sahara]

The person who suggested killing the street children is a psychopath. WTf is wrong with him

[nasseralharbi]

I'm tearful
Watching some children at the age of my daughters and sons is too painful to stand
Egypt needs a social revolution not a political one

[spidyman]

Egypt is poverty stricken. Every where you go there is beggars. It's so sad. Really sad.
Egyptian people (most) are nice but there are a few that give the country a bad image.

[montu]

imagine that was when Egyptian economy was better now it is collapse 3 times more

[mscris]

This is tragic and it's been happening all over the world for centuries. More people need to take responsibility for their countries homeless problems and help these people with intervention and this will help a great deal. It only takes one kind person to pass it forward and help someone in need.

[Kiki-ywkc]

That little boy who wants to be a policeman breaks my heart, I wish I could take him and be a mother to him and love and protect him the way he should be 💔

[sesen]

The street kids generation are the future adults, meaning the kids of the street kids will completely change Egypt into chaos

[johnblaesel]

There are lots of street children in the Philippines too BUT the difference is that the Filipinos are nice to their street children whereas the Egyptians are downright mean to their’s. When I worked and lived in Egypt if I were to give a street child a bottle of water, it wouldn’t be unusual for some angry adult to run up and knock the bottle of water out of my hand as I was handing it to the child, and then follow up by giving me a terse scolding for trying to help that child. One store owner even asked me if I was mentally ill when he saw me handing out hardboiled eggs to street children. Policemen used to beat street kids on a regular basis in Egypt too. Street children in the Philippines are rather outcast but the Filipinos don’t beat or ill treat them and they don’t discourage foreigners from giving them food or even money. The Egyptians basically treated all children they saw on the street, whether they were homeless or not, like shit unless it was their own child.

[MyHosain]

I was in Egypt in 2018 as a tourist but we were not allowed to leave the hotel alone and the guards said it is dangerous outside. so we were always in the places that only tourists were allowed to be there. we have not seen homeless children. I am from Sweden.

[lexiemaep]

I was there I love Egypt. I wish I could help them.

[wahnano]

Save the children. Love from Algeria 😢

[PawsR_us]

1:35 but what if she does ask for money tho? u should help out these poor ppl who r giving u free content?

[schnikta]

when i win the lottery i will donate 10 more places like the one w/ the little children/little boy who wants to become a policeman( to save other children)....give them all an education, food, clothes, etc i promise this!!

[chicky-ekgq]

The worst part and most Disturbing part of this Video I found is . When the part came out about Killing of these Street Children .This is So Wrong to do, The so called adults bring Children into this World . The Children never came into this World on their own Free Will . Do something about the these so called adult who keep bring these Children into the World . Then Abandon Their Young Children . My love and Prayers go to each and every Child . They already Need Love and Care . And a Place to call Home to feel Safe

[mohamedabdinurhassan]

This is shame to a big country like Egypt, where is their government 😢

[Jhinababy]

On God im Polynesian and didn't know that there's homeless in Egypt especially the children so sad and what a bad reputation for Egypt

[elpas.]

Children need attention and education. we have the same problem here with refugees - the government doesn't help them and they live in awful conditions in camps, getting no real mentorship and wasting their days instead of gradually learning and improving their living conditions by becoming integrated cutizen

[khaled_tarik]

this phenomenon isn't just in cairo but its gets to be in Alexandria too which its really sad to see.

[azerarrete]

Too much things are going wrong in this world, everywhere, it s Sade, really Sade .