Human Rights, Social Affairs and Gender provides coordination and monitoring and evaluation of the functioning of these centres. Children in street situation 73. Concerning street children, the quantitative survey carried out in 2010 recorded 3,253 in the 3 big cities of the country (Bujumbura, Gitega and Ngozi) where the phenomenon is the most prevalent. This study divided street children into three typical profiles14: (i) Street- working, which refers to the category of children sent or accompanied by their parents or relatives or hired by those around them. These are children who spend the day in the street and return at night bringing money to those who sent them begging (ii) Street-family for children living an unhealthy climate in their families. They are forced to spend the day and night on the street and (iii) Street -living is a group of children who, over time, have the idea that the street is a great place to live. These kids are forgetting their families and they are usually young adults on the street. 74. With a view to curbing this phenomenon, the Government has adopted the National Strategy for Preventing and Combating Children in Street Situations. A national platform of stakeholders in this field (State Department, Civil Society) implements the activities of the Action Plan of the said Strategy. d) Family reunification (art 25.2b) 75. A child separated from his / her parents following emergency situations such as internal and external displacement related to armed conflict or natural disasters should be reunited as quickly as possible with his / her family. The Government of Burundi has adhered to the Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, which advocates that, in the event of separation due to conflicts or natural disasters, they must be promptly identified and a family search undertaken with due diligence for the purposes of reunification. 76. In addition, a National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management with its branches at the provincial level ensures the management of issues related to the protection of children and women affected by these situations. For instance, more than 400 unaccompanied or separated children were identified, some reunited with their biological or extended families or with foster families. e) Child maintenance (art.18.3) 77. No child may be deprived of maintenance because of the marital status of his parents. Thus, Article 172 of the Code of Persons and the Family makes it clear that the interests of the children must be taken into consideration during the divorce proceedings. It stipulates that "during the proceedings, the judge shall order, having regard to the interests of the children, that all or some of them be entrusted to the custody of the father, of the mother, or of a third party ". This article is complemented by the provisions of article 185 which states that "Whoever the child is entrusted to, 14 Final report of the qualitative study on the phenomenon of children in street situations in Burundi, Bujumbura, 2010, 21