Thursday, June 07, 2007
Nepal: Street children given hope - BBC News
... My siblings worked in the carpet factory for very little money that wasn't enough for food and housing. In desperation I left my parents and started a life on the streets.
There were 19 street kids in our group fighting the cold on the streets of Kathmandu. Life was very difficult because there weren't many generous people to depend on. So we used to beg from foreigners.
Most of the time we used to collect plastic garbage in order to sell it. But the money we would get for a whole day's work was not enough for one breakfast. So we used to steal fruit and vegetables from the shops.
We were not allowed to sleep in front of the people's houses. So we used to sleep, when there were no policemen, in the corner of the road cuddling with the dogs to keep warm.
New beginning
I was lucky enough to join a school for street children, the Nawa Asha Griha (NAG) which means Home of New Hopes. There I not only got food, clothes and shelter, but also a very good education. It was a great change in my life. ...
... My siblings worked in the carpet factory for very little money that wasn't enough for food and housing. In desperation I left my parents and started a life on the streets.
There were 19 street kids in our group fighting the cold on the streets of Kathmandu. Life was very difficult because there weren't many generous people to depend on. So we used to beg from foreigners.
Most of the time we used to collect plastic garbage in order to sell it. But the money we would get for a whole day's work was not enough for one breakfast. So we used to steal fruit and vegetables from the shops.
We were not allowed to sleep in front of the people's houses. So we used to sleep, when there were no policemen, in the corner of the road cuddling with the dogs to keep warm.
New beginning
I was lucky enough to join a school for street children, the Nawa Asha Griha (NAG) which means Home of New Hopes. There I not only got food, clothes and shelter, but also a very good education. It was a great change in my life. ...
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