O abandono social, da infância e adolescência na ática dos coordenadores de instituições de assistência a crianças e adolescentes em situação de rua na cidade de Goiânia

This study aimed to analyze the perceptions regarding street children and adolescente of coordinators of shelters for this specific group. It was a qualitativo research developed in the city of Goiania, Brazil. Data was obtained through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through lhe thematic modality of content analysis. The social actors involved in this reality view lhe social abandonment of childhood as a direct consequence of the Brazilian political and social context. They believe that the enforcement of the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) will be possible only when the social rights stipulated in the Brazilian Constitution are warranted.