
There are a reported 1.5 million street children in Pakistan and according to Unicef, they remain vulnerable to many forms of exploitation, violence and trafficking.
“I worry so much that one of my younger siblings will get kidnapped. Street children have sometimes been raped, killed and their bodies dumped on rubbish tips in the city” explains Fatima*, 13, who lives in a makeshift shelter on the shores of the Ravi river.