Protecting child beggars

Protecting child beggars

From Koran Tempo

The Jakarta administration should be more serious in handling
child beggars and street singers. Their presence at crossroads
around luxury cars gives the impression that they are worthless
objects. It also shows the wide social gap between the car owners
and the beggars and singers.

Remember the recent child kidnapping case? The case revealed
that the children ran away from the person who had abducted them
from their village.

Actually, child beggars and street singers deserve to have
education, protection and health care. A budget for them will not
be as big as that needed to evict street vendors.

ASEP BADRU
West Java