With this methodological guide, Samusocial International is capitalising on the general principles and professional practices of Samusocial’s intervention on the street with children and youth « of the street » who have broken from their families and live in a situation of social exclusion. A tool to strengthen the skills and practices … LIRE LA SUITEPrinciples and practices for street intervention
At the origin of this publication (September 2011) lies a shared belief between Samusocial International and the French Development Agency: the issue of street children and youth must be approached with a multidisciplinary vision and within the framework of a voluntary and constructive collaboration among actors, whether they are associations … LIRE LA SUITEStreet children : from individual care to the introduction of social policies
With this methodological guide, Samusocial International proposes principles and modalities of action based on the Samusocial approach for street children and youths. Drawing on the capitalization of Samusocial’s professional experiences, particularly in West Africa, we make general recommendations for professional practices adapted to the situation of street children and youth. … LIRE LA SUITEStreet children and youth and HIV/AIDS
This first thematic booklet published by Samusocial International Egypt is part of the awareness-raising and advocacy approach aimed at better understanding the specific challenges of what is commonly referred to as the « social reintegration » of children and youth in street situations.
The present report concerns the children and youth encountered by the teams of Samusocial International Egypt (SSIEG) in Cairo between July 2008 and July 2016. Its contents are derived from the processing of the SSIEG database, which records information about the children and youth assisted by the SSIEG teams during … LIRE LA SUITEChildren and youth in street situations in Cairo – Report from July 2008 to July 2016
This methodological guide is a tool to help in the design, organisation and operation, of a Samusocial accommodation centre specifically suitable for children and young people living on the street who are encountered by Samusocials. These children and young people live permanently on the street; they are so-called « children of … LIRE LA SUITEDesigning and developing an accommodation centre project
A KEY CONCEPT IN THE CLINICAL AND PSYCHO-PATHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STREET CHILDREN AND YOUTH This theoretical hypothesis gave birth to the concept of the paradoxical over-adaptation of children and youth to life on the streets, as conceived and developed by Olivier Douville, a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and anthropologist who has … LIRE LA SUITEParadoxical over-adaptation