Not only do these children have to spend their time in a dangerous environment without support, supervision or protection, but they are also deprived of their right to education. They are denied the opportunity to build a life or a career, and so the cycle continues. They are denied hope. Due to lack of hygiene, diseases can spread easily. Lack of education and sexual abuse often lead to unwanted pregnancies. Children born into a life on the streets face a very uncertain future. Society has no place for street children and governments offer little support for them. The high unemployment rate in Ghana and the fact that employers prefer children because they are cheaper and easier to exploit than adults mean that children are often the main breadwinners for their families. There is a terrible stigma attached to being a 'street child'. They are mistreated, seen as worthless and labelled as "criminals" and "market vultures".