In Pattaya street children confront issues that no child should have to live with on a daily basis: Lack of adequate care, food and shelter; abuse; loss of parents; and uncertainty about the future. Children living in the slums are also at constant risk of abuse and exploitation and our experience shows that many children that we meet in the streets have run away from abusive situations while living with their families in slums. The large majority of these children have been to school but lacking a structured study environment they tend to lose interest in education and drop out.