International non-governmental organizations as a platform for street work activities directed at street children

The article presents the activities of selected international non-governmental organizations, which serve as a
platform for street work among street children from Belgium, Peru and Canada. Street work with socially
maladjusted children and adolescents who live or spend a lot of time in the street requires well-qualified and
competent workers. Street work platforms promote street work in the world with an increasing number of street
children. Although street work with various groups, including street children, is still not regarded a regular
profession in many countries, all over the world new street work platforms are created in order to ensure the
highest standards of street work. Several examples of such platforms are presented in the article, however, one
might wonder how necessary street work networks are.