Christmas on the Street
My brother have just entered the classroom and related what he encountered downstairs. He was moved with pity to the beggar standing outside the building, waiting for anybody to give him anything to eat. I asked him of what did he do but replied, “Nothing happened, everybody was busy downstairs.” I started to think why, then I recalled my conversation with a boy living on the street last week.
To make the story short, he came from a broken family and was not able to resist staying with them. He left his family when he was 8 years old and walked away from home. He wandered around Manila, begging money from people and even got trouble with other street kids sniffing rugby to alleviate stomach pain due to hunger. He didn’t tell me if he was one of them. He was thankful to some people he met on the streets. One he called “nanay,” a candy and cigarette vendor who protected him one time from other kids. Another one was a security guard of a bank he called, “Kuya guard.” He gives Teby a food to eat every time he passes by the guard’s post. He can still vividly remember a man who bought him a hamburger, spaghetti and French fries. He even gave him money. When he finished his food, he collapsed. When he woke up, he found himself in a shelter for street kids. It is sad to know that his family never visited him once. But he is thankful that his life is starting to be given back to him. He is now studying as a Grade 3 pupil at the age of 12.
He is just one of more than 150,000 street kids (BIS). There are are still a lot of them who are unfortunate to have a Christmas on the street. It’s 10 days more to go before Christmas, and I have in mind to adopt one street kid even just for this Christmas as a solidarity with the people helping the street kids of Metro Manila, and most especially because of love to the children.
Note: Grammar not corrected. Tnx!
Every day is children’s’ day. We must somehow or some way be on the same page.
http://www.breezedebris.com/2006/12/national_mentor.html
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dapat palutin sa pwet ang mga tatay ng mga batang ito, tuloy mga bata nag su suffer sa irresponsibility nila. anyways, if we had chance it is a noble gesture reach out for these kids. I am sure the Lord will bless us, for the Lord loves little children
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sad eh? so you should be really grateful with what you have! =)
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naalala ko tuloy ang mga bata sa amin mga palaboy nagbabarilan ng pellet gun… mahirap sawayin… well kids will be kids. Napabayaan ng magulang. pag nabulag ang mga ‘yon sayang…
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dapat ang mga bata naglalaro lang, and they should be spending their x’mas at home w/ their families, but, not in the street. it’s so hard and sad to picture myself one day celebrating x’mas anywhere else. just like these kids who are less fortunate to have their own places and no shelter for the rest of the x’mas night.
this is serious, and the govn’t should do something to take these kids away from the street, instead, take them to a better places where they can be taken good care of.
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Bro, bakit mas gusto ng mga street children na nasa daan sila kaysa nasa DSWD? Yung iba andun na pero nagsisitakas at binabalikan ang buhay sa kalsada.
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Bro. Vince, me and my Family will be leaving for Mindanao this Saturday. Let me greet you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Will be busy over there. God bless!!!
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that’s touching.
the street children should really be saved from the cruel setup of the Philippine streets.
I really like doin’ the charity works and helping others who are in need.
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