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Hope for Pakistan's Street Kids

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Pakistan is home to more out-of-school children than almost any country in the world. And there's...

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Street children in Pakistan. Image by Rafat Saeed/DW. Pakistan, 2012.

The United Nations estimates that there may be as many as 1.5 million street children in Pakistan. In Islamabad, the capital, a self-sustaining organization called Lettucebee Kids is working to help children who have very adult responsibilities.

Beenish Ahmed reports for Deutsche Welle radio about a recent art exhibition by the street children that is giving some of them a cause for hope.

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