Video: Life on the streets

A girl featured in a video released yesterday by the Ombudsman for Children says she would be “doing a lot more drugs” if she had remained homeless.

Video: Life on the streets
Fri, 21 Nov, 2014 - 00:00
Evelyn Ring

The YouTube video was created to mark the 25th anniversary of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child.

According to the ombudsman’s office, the young person’s direct account of experiencing homelessness is to highlight the power of listening to children.

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