Many children find themselves living on the streets due to a complex interplay of pull and push factors, including poverty, war, lack of care at home, parental loss, domestic violence, physical and mental abuse, economic instability, trafficking, and erosion of traditional values, among others. Once they end up on the streets, they face immense hardships, often being seen as a nuisance and, in some cases, resorting to criminal activities out of sheer desperation.