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STREET CHILDREN

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Hello all, We observe many children wandering in the streets; they collect many reusable items from the trash for their earnings or beg all day long. According to statistics, the number of these children has reached almost 1.2 million in Pakistan. I think the count is higher, as we have not observed any surveys in the past many years. Approximately all of them are illiterate and homeless, due to many circumstances. Most of them are the children of homeless parents, and a lot run away from their homes, escaping from inappropriate, abusive, and violent attitudes of their parents or guardians. How can one soft and sympathetic-hearted person oversee these barefooted children, doing work apart from the severity of the weather, whether it is hot or cold? They have no time to play; many beggars play and enjoy with each other while the traffic signal is green and start to work as it turns red. They have been deprived of all the basic needs, i.e., food, clothing, education, home, an...