Comments on: Kolkata’s Street Kids http://gobeyondblog.com/2009/11/05/kolkatas-street-kids/ Omar C. Garcia | Living Adventurously for God Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Omar C. Garcia http://gobeyondblog.com/2009/11/05/kolkatas-street-kids/#comment-1038 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:27:57 +0000 http://gobeyondblog.com/?p=3801#comment-1038 Emily…

Thanks for your comment. I too wish that the government would do more to care for the kids who live and hustle on the streets. It’s unnerving to see them darting in and out of traffic. I am however thankful for what people like Mother Teresa did to create safe places for some of these kids and for those who carry on her compassionate work. But, so much more needs to be done by folks in both the public and private sectors.

Blessings,
Omar~

]]> By: Emily Ocean http://gobeyondblog.com/2009/11/05/kolkatas-street-kids/#comment-1037 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:00:04 +0000 http://gobeyondblog.com/?p=3801#comment-1037 The situation for orphaned children in Kolkata is heart wrenching. I remember some very young boys making chai for travelers on Sudder St, only about 8 years old or younger. One night, after I had been entertained at a late night club, I saw these boys, sleeping on card board, on Sudder Street. Earlier, I hadn’t questioned where these boys lived or slept, expecting they had a home with other adults working at the street chai-making stall. This is just one area of child labor and homeless children in Kolkata. It is sickening that the Indian government does not take care of it’s children through welfare.

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