Psycho-social Challenges Faced By Children Living In The Streets : Case Study Of Mutare

ABSTRACT The research seeks to bring out the psycho-social challenges that are faced by children living in the streets of Mutare. The study was anchored on the notion that children living in the streets are human beings that should enjoy their lives just like any other children. However, in Zimbabwe and other countries this is not the case as some of them are facing various psycho-social challenges such as lack of shelter, poor sanitation, substance abuse, depression, discrimination and mental health problems. Children living in the streets are often homeless, hungry and abused, and some meas…