Worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, nearly 3.5 million children under the age of five die each year from diarrheal diseases and pneumonia due to non-compliance with hand hygiene. However, hand washing still remains inaccessible for millions of people (around 40%), most often found in places of learning and in schools. Furthermore, deaths of diarrheal origin attributable to water, hygiene and sanitation problems are burdens linked to unsanitary water, the absence of a sanitation system and lack of hygiene, as well as on the latest estimates of infant and child mortality. This study explores the opinions of street children in the city of Bunia regarding hand hygiene. This is an exploratory type study, during which we used the cross-sectional method. Purposive sampling was used to draw our sample. Thanks to a semi-structural interview to collect data. The results obtained state that: The majority of children think that digestive problems are the consequence of lack of hand hygiene, while others have the opinion that lack of hand hygiene results in respiratory illnesses and finally the majority have the opinion that diseases from dirty hands come from the products contained in the water prepared for hand washing (alluding to chlorine 0.05%). In short, we found that the hand washing devices are non-existent in public places; the consequences of which are enormous especially among children in Situation de la Rue in the city of Bunia.