Chairun Nasirin

(Department of Health Administration, College of Health Science (STIKES Mataram), Indonesia)

 

 

Abstract: This paper study of neglected children as a social phenomenon that cannot avoid in the people life and that social problem happened due the effects of increasingly urbanization. The problem happened mostly for children who lives in the urban area who coming to city to wish the better life in the future. These social problems happens on the children who has not good fortune in economy and most of them are from the poor family and don’t have any capability to empowered themselves. Data shows that the total number of neglected children are 78.96 millions (40%) of them are neglected who lives in the urban area. This study is qualitative in nature, and considered to be appropriate to answer the problems of how to empowering the neglected since it relates to the social phenomenon setting that needs in-depth study. The conclusions can be offered as the neglected children is real phenomenon in Mataram City and the execution of the local government function in social welfare affairs, largely determined by regulations and dependence upon budget from the central government.

 

 

Key words: neglected children; poverty; empowerment

 

JEL code: I38