Berlin Street Kids - Germany

June 2001
Many children on the streets in Berlin have escaped unhappy homes and abusive family relationships.

Many have escaped unhappy homes and abusive family relationships: "Here you can disappear - go unnoticed". Others are sucked into the streets by their addictions: "I get up late, drink what's left of the beer. I stated taking pills when I was eleven, I was injecting when I was thirteen...", says a young girl. "The hygiene isn't great. There are lots of skin diseases going round... And I know loads of people with AIDS and Hepatitis B". Apart from all the obvious dangers to their physical health, social workers fear street kids are subjected to extreme psychological violence -- that is even harder to overcome. On the streets children can't avoid being exposed to people who make a living by dealing drugs or prostitution. One girl who finally managed to quit the drugs and get off the game says " Living on the streets you either sink or swim. You have to be tuff to survive. Like me".

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[Mrcbclobster]

the kid at 8:00 is a dumm ass. you left home because mom told you to do your homework? some people do not know how good the have it.

[Travmapunk]

@Travmapunk "Oh my mom is really nice, but she was always making me do my homework that's why i escaped!"

WTF?!! I mean, these asses have EVERYTHING - home, parents, food, cigarettes, clothes, haircuts etc.,

They are just arsing around of boredom! Fuck them! Really!!!

Street kids my ass...

I'm angry cuz there are really kids who NEED help. With no home, no parents, no food, no place to go. Pedophiles and maniacs all around. Freezing cold, hunger and infections! While these morons just play!!!

[thi1x]

Zeckengesindel...kein Stück besser als die Rechten.

[Timx4]

In Asia, ur parents wack you for behaving like this. You've no where to run

[mad91K]

and yet they still beat the drum of ...Ordnung muss sein !! :D

or something like that ..

[MrDoMiniCanPrinCe881]

stupid ass little kids

[icnclt]

Sometimes, what one person needs is just a bit of street trouble to save himself from the boredom ... Sometimes a big pussy prevents the marriage to end ... This depends on the size of your penis ...

[NightinGal89]

@12345678909269 what solution? I'll have to google that. I cannot say if they are all gypsies, and I think they are not, sadly. The thing about gypsies is that they usually send their kids begging on the streets to collect money, but they are not actually homeless.

[2todayy2]

you are fool,when you judge this and you dont know nothing about his

[XxarianrhodxX]

It`s so sad to see them all again.. I know some kids are dead.. and some are still there.. and only a few kids of them living a normal life today! This short film is really old.. maybe of the year 2000.. The nice girl you see at 5:00 is know dead.. She was a really nice person, but the drugs made her broken.. Her name was Anja Schatz and she died in the year 2003 with only 19 years.. :(

[CruzzioXT]

@giovannasos Probably the reason why there's anti-rasism/intolerance music at 4:20. You're as dumb as nazis, sorry.