Child poverty

This book aims to explore experience, challenge and coping strategies of students from low income household of Entoto Amba Secondary School. In the accomplishment of this book, a qualitative research approach was employed using 25 students from grade 9 and 10. Primary data was generated through observation, interview, focus group discussion and individual case study methods. Children supposed to grow and learn in a favorable environment but large number of Entoto Amba secondary school students have been living struggling with poverty and faced with several socio-economic challenges. Most of the challenges were like depression, sleeping in class room while teaching and learning is progress, collapsing, social exclusion, school dropout and absenteeism. To cope with food insecurity students from low income families of Entoto Amba secondary school have been involving in activities like begging, street vending, commercial sex working, being weyala (money collector for taxi), changing coin for taxi, reducing quality and quantity of food intake, consuming trimming or leftover food (bulle).