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IREWOC recently completed its research project on street children in Peru. Local organisations expressed the need to update the information about this specific group of children. A qualitative comparative research between Lima and Cusco was conducted by IREWOC researcher Talinay Strehl. She spent two months in each city communicating with the children, their families, NGO workers etc., looking for answers to important questions concerning the situation of the children, especially regarding their experiences with interventions implemented in their name. The research project also included a quantitative component. Eighteen local researchers carried out a survey among 1200 street children in Lima and Cusco by means of questionnaires. Anna Ensing and Talinay Strehl trained the researchers during a one-week workshop in November 2009. The quantitative data provides a strong base on which to analyse the anthropological material. The quantitative reports can also be accessed on the IREWOC website.