Filho da rua
In this special report , you will learn the steps of a pilgrim boy for nine years on the corners and no one can stop him . With permission of the Court of Childhood and Youth , ZH follows the journey of Philip (not his real name) since March 2009 . Identified among 383 children and adolescents living on the streets in the capital census in 2008 , the kid is 14 years old today a story that reveals a little of all of them . To tell it , ZH retraced its path . Since the house where Philip grew up sleeping on the sidewalks . Of the 320 pages that record your passing by different institutions to memories of his mother and educators who knew him . Schools where he fled to shelters who welcomed . Like him, others arrive to sidewalks pushed by a combination of poverty , family neglect, defects in the safety net , and indifference of society , charity , drugs . In this article , you will understand why they can not leave. The names of the boy and the family have been changed to protect identities , as determined by the Statute of Children and Adolescents. To view the documents that record this story , Zero Hour obtained authorization from the 1st Childhood and Youth Capital .