The street children were given counselling in matters that covered most aspects of life where they were likely to meet probl ems. The officials reported they counselled the street children in matters relating to harmonious co-existence with other street children, keeping and achieving work goals, their future career and proper relations with the various officials. The areas that the street children were counselled were related to problems that they were experiencing and those that they were likely to face in the future. The street children were counselled on how to relate to the police, their relatives. The officials whe rever possible tried to unite the street children with their families. In all the non-governmental organisations that took part in the study they had reported cases where they had succeeded in reuniting some street children with heir families. The outreac  h officers kept contact with such children and closely observed whether there was no possibility of recurrence of the conditions that had initially led the child to go to the streets. The street children were satisfied that they were receiving coun selling that related to harmonious co -existence with other people. All the street children that were receiving counselling from the non -governmental organisations reported that they received counselling regarding relating to senior people at workplaces, older people in general, people of their own age and asking for forgiveness. 87.5% of the officials thought that the counselling that they were giving to street children was appropriate to meet their future challenges. The other 12.5% thought the cou nselling was not adequate as they preferred the children to be given individual attention and to have specific programmes prepared for each  child. 45% of the street