Street Child World Cup: 'We should be treated the same as your children'

From Global development | The Guardian Tue Apr 15 2014, 13:39:32

Street children who travelled to Brazil to compete in a World Cup of their own had some clear messages for the wider world

Gilbert Azango knows only too well the dangers of life on the street. The 15-year-old lived on the Kibarani rubbish dump in Mombasa, Kenya, for four years.

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