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So much has changed since Mandela’s release and those far off days since I visited South Africa. Yet one side effect of the dreaded Apartheid is a phenomenon called “Street Kids,” estimated to number in the thousands even today. The circumstances for some parents were and are still often so adverse that the children are left to grin and bear it or leave to find another place to sleep and get food. They are faced with the unhappy reality of increasing separation from their natural families and become at risk for losing their limited access to basic facilities, such as health, education, and recreation.