BROKEN FAMILIES, POVERTY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REASONS THAT DRIVE CHILDREN OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO ESCAPE ABUSIVE, ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR, HUNGER AND OTHER HURTS. ONCE ON THE STREET, THEY ARE EASY PREY FOR YET MORE VIOLENCE AND CRIMINALITY. IN EGYPT ESTIMATES HAVE RANGED AS HIGH AS TWO MILLION, WITH A RAPIDLY-GROWING POPULATION OF 150,000 STREET CHILDREN IN CAIRO ALONE.