In Ethiopia, there are many poor, displaced, unaccompanied, disabled, abused andrnneglected, orphaned, and street children. The major cities and towns are particularlyrnfacing frightening problems as urbanization continues unabated resulting in arnrapidly rising population. Such a phenomenon leads to shortage of amenities andrnputs the existing urban residents deprived. A realistic symptom of such deprivationrnis the alarming number of street children. The majority of these children work on thernstreets with some even totally living on the streets without any adult care andrnsupervision. The study revealed that street children are compelled to work on the streets in theirrnstruggle for survival. By doing menial jobs they both support themselves and theirrn incomes with the small incomes they earn. Out of the totalrninterviewees 52 percent are children on the streets who work during the day timernand return home during the night. Children of the street who work and sleep on thernstreet are about 32 percent while the high risk children are 15 percent The major causes of streetism, according to the study, are poverty, familyrndisintegration and instability, loss of parents, migration and maltreatment byrnparents. The study also confirmed that the magnitude of the problem of streetrnchildren is increasing because a number of families could not fulfill the needs ofrntheir children. Although various services are provided by the NGOs to allBviate thernproblem, its magnitude is still increasing. Because the magnitude of the problemrnand the services which are being rendered by the NGOs could not match.