One of the main issue of our
society is STREET CHILDREN. We all equally involved in spreading of these types
of sins. We define street children in that way :-
A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;"street children beg
or steal in or Here I m sharing the true story of street child & over
politician also gave his opinion Five-year- old shahid gul, along with four
other children of his village, rushes to peshawar saddar bazaar with nightfall
to collect scrap. They walk on foot to the city, take out huge bags and spread
to various corners and pick points to collect reusable things from the garbage
dumps. They remain busy for hours, sifting through dumps of filth lying here and
there in the city.
“we are six siblings — four sisters and two brothers. I give money to my father,
who is ailing and is not doing any work. My mother is also old. She washes
dishes in a khan’s home who gives rs1,500 per month to her,” shahid gul said.
The boy said that although he did not go to school yet his parents advised him
that if somebody asked about education he should tell them that he was attending
school. “my father, being poor, says he cannot afford my school expenses. I want
to enjoy playing cricket with my friends but we don’t have time,” mr gul
regretted. According to experts, the number of street children in peshawar runs
in thousands. “most of them are hailing from the surrounding villages while many
others are from afghan families. The children, who are involved in scavenging,
don’t attend schools as they spend night from dusk to dawn in and around the
city,” said akhtar jan, a former student of social work department, university
of peshawar.
He said that after having scavenged things of their purpose, they tossed them in
pushcarts, provided by their bosses, and wheeled them out to godowns located
three kilometres away in charkha khel village near peshawar saddar. He said that
around 80 to 100 godowns dealing in scrap existed in charkha khel, maskeenabad,
umargul road and ring road areas. Each scrap godown, he said, had engaged about
50 young boys.
Wali rehman, another scavenger, said that they spent their day sleeping and
later loitering on the streets till it got dark in the evening. “we form a group
and then rush to the city for collecting various reusable items from the
garbage. We put these things in pushcarts and take it to godowns where our
bosses give us money for the stuff depending on quality and weight. Normally we
get rs50 to rs150 The government of KPK should take a strong & valuable
decision and finally overcome that problem of our society.