CRC/C/HND/CO/3 page 19 Street children 74. While welcoming the National Plan of Action for the Social Integration of Children and Women Dependent on the Street, the Committee remains concerned at the high number of street children in the State party and at the lack of coordinated activities in this area. The Committee is further concerned at the information that a high percentage of street children are regularly exploited through prostitution, and that these children lack the most basic human rights, including an adequate standard of health, food, housing and education. 75. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Carry out a comprehensive study to assess the scope, nature and causes of the presence of street children in the country in order to develop a comprehensive policy, including at local level, for their prevention and reduction; (b) Provide street children with recovery and social reintegration services as well as with adequate nutrition, housing, necessary healthcare and educational opportunities; (c) Facilitate reunification of street children with their families, when in the best interests of the child; (d) Continue to seek assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF. Maras/pandillas 76. The Committee is concerned that, according to the information received, the number of maras/pandillas has increased in the country. It also notes that most of the children belonging to these groups do not attend school and do not have any employment. Furthermore, the Committee - while noting the adoption of Decree No. 141 of 2001 on the prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration of members of maras - regrets that lack of adequate resources, including financial allocations, has hampered its effective implementation. 77. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Pay more attention to the social factors and causes at the root of the problem of maras/pandillas; (b) Focus on preventive measures while refraining from treating this issue exclusively in a punitive and repressive way; (c) Invest in financial and human resources for activities of prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration for members of maras/pandillas. Sexual exploitation and trafficking 78. The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to combat sexual exploitation and trafficking of children, including the reform of the Penal Code in 2006, the establishment of an inter-institutional Commission against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and