A qualitative look into the lives and aspirations of street children in Ho Chi Minh City
A qualitative look into the lives and aspirations of street children in Ho Chi Minh City
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2019
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Bangkok : Assumption University
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Scholar: Human Sciences 11, 1 (January-June 2019), 211-217
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The following paper presents a phenomenological view of Street children’s future aspirations in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (HCMC) in 2018. Information was collected addressing general background
data, their experiences of living on the street, and the reasons for and how they came to be living on the
streets. The subjects studied comprised 3 male and 3 female street children living in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam. Phenomenological interviews were generated using a variety of quantifiable data techniques.
They included: in-depth interviews of participants (street children), in-depth interviews of adult individuals
in the children’s lives, questionnaires, and observation. The results of the study show a correlation between
poverty, broken homes, abuse, limited schooling, and at times, human trafficking. Participants often
displayed avoidance or aggression when confronted with uncomfortable or taboo topics. Possible symptoms
relating to mental disorders displayed were: depression, generalized anxiety, attachment disorders,
aggression, criminality, frustration and hopelessness. The children were drawn to foreigners as a means to
earn money, either through sales of trinkets or through scams or begging. As such, the participants
generally displayed exaggerated friendliness, superficial connections, and forward mannerisms with adult
speaking patterns. All the children had aspirations and perhaps unrealistic goals for the future.
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