There are alarming statistics that speak of the condition of the homeless children in the world. This is a compilation of them: • It is estimated that 153 million children around the world, ranging from babies to adolescents, have lost one or both parents. (UNICEF) • According to United Nations sources, there are currently up to 153 million street children in the world. Displaced from their homes by violence, drug and alcohol abuse, the death of the father or mother, family crises, wars, natural disasters.