study focuses on perception of the community towards street children in Piazza arearnconfined to wereda ten. Sketching and choosing multiple research participants purposively onrnthe basis of interviews and group interviews with the households, shopkeepers, police, policyrninitiators, employees of women, youth and children, labour and social affair, religious leaders,rnhigh school teachers and students, taxi drivers and health employees helped to understandrncommunity perception about the conditions of street children in the study area. The study hasrnemployed a qualitative descriptive method. A semi-structured interview was utilized as a datarncollection tool. Having used non-probability sampling, the primary data were collected from therninterviewees, using personal observation, informal interviews and focus group discussion. Therncollected data were transcribed, translated, coded and analyzed. The ethical values and consentrnof the participants were also maintained. Findings of this research have indicated absence ofrnsocial exclusion, and the presence of positive perception on street children. It is concluded albeitrnthe community supported street children in different ways; it did not bring prolonged change onrntheir life. As a result, it recommends that the communities, NGOs, GOs and other concernedrninstitutions to do more to prevent exclusion, abuse and negligence of street children that must actrnto look after who fall victim. It requires donating their resources to those children in order to liftrnout from streetism. Enactment of specific child policy should also take into account to protect thernrights and wellbeing of all children in the countryrnKeyWords: Community perception, street children, Piazza, qualitative descriptive method