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ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol.01, No.06 (18 DEC 2002)
 
Nepal: Glue Sniffing on the rise among Street Children
The estimated number of street children in Nepal ranges between 3100 to 5000, increasing at the rate of 1000 children taking to the streets every year. Drug addiction and glue sniffing are a relativel...

Glue Sniffing Among Street Children: An Asian Phenomenon
lue Sniffing previously a central American phenomenon is becoming increasing common phenomenon among street children in Asia. Glue sniffing is perceived as a cheaper and safer alternative to intraveno...

Work Towards a Solution
- Write an Appeal Letter to the Prime Minister of Nepal(info@pmo.gov.np) stressing the need to take up the issue of glue sniffing among street children more seriously and implement the recommendations...

News Briefs
- Afghanistan: Children die in Army Exercise (December 16, 2002)Four Afghan civilians, most of them children were killed during a practice of the Afghan National Army Battalion. The children were sear...


 
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