ROSEMARY CHURCH: Argentina is struggling through an economic recession, and some of those most effected by it are children. Gordon Robinson (ph) has more on the effort to integrate some of those children back into society.</s>GORDON ROBINSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Argentina is struggling through a 16-month recession. One sign of its economic troubles -- street children. Once a problem associated more with Brazil and Mexico, their numbers have been growing in Argentina. In the Victoria district of Buenos Aires, Isaac Portal runs a center that feeds, cloths and educates some 80 street kids.</s>ISAAC PORTAL, FOUNDER DON ORIONE CENTER (through translator): The problem of the street kids took big proportions in the last two years. The community of Victoria tries to give them back some of what society owes them. For us, getting the kids off the street is a whole achievement.</s>ROBINSON: Children living at the center publish their own magazine and will soon start manufacturing shampoo. The money from these and other small-scale projects will be used to buy computers and other educational materials for the center. Fourteen-year old Manuel Caballero attends classes at the center every day.</s>MANUEL CABALLERO (through translator): I was once at San Ysidro (ph) station and a hot dog salesman told me about the center. I came with other kids, but they did not return. Then I brought my brother and now her. I am going to study law like my godfather.</s>ROBINSON: It's a long way from here to law school, but in moving from the street to the center, Manual and some 80 other children have taken the first steps. Gordon Robinson, CNN.
Getting Children Off The Streets In Argentina