INTERNATIONAL STREET CHILDREN'S DAY

Children are better than all the ballads that were ever sung or said; because they are the living poems and rest all are dead!!

When we heard the word child, there is selfless smile on our face. So are the kids, innocent, unaware of the dirty world and busy in their own little world. Kids are the real Gods as said by many then why there is such a big discrimination between those who are born and bought up nicely and the kids who happen to have streets their home.

12^th April is celebrated as the International Street Children’s Day in order to spread awareness among the people around about the pathetic situation of the street children who are forced to carry on the lives as their parents have for example begging. This day is celebrated in order to give a platform to thousands of children who are deprived of their basic rights. The message is loud and clear, our rights cannot be ignored. We have the equal right to every single thing that the kids of our age enjoy just because they happen to take birth in a family that is capable of providing them better living.

If we talk about India, there are many slums existing here that portray the real life of street children. This is my question to all the parents who leave their children in such a poor condition unattended that why you bring them into this world when you have no intention and capability of growing them well. The poor kids suffer because of their parents.

The major reason behind degrading condition of these street children is lack of education of their parents. These kids have no life, no education, poor health and sanitary facilities and no one even wants to touch them. Even to earn their daily meal they either have to beg or work as a child labor at various places.

This is an irony that when we see our child suffer even a little bit we turn the whole world upside down but there are no regards for the kid who is working as a labor for you. Child labor is a serious offence and can be sentenced to jail for committing it but shamefully it is still practiced.

These children have their whole future and present in dark. They deserve to be treated well and should be provided with basic needs like health, education, proper meals and a shelter. There condition can only be changed if we oath not to overlook them and try helping at least one kid. Changes occur but only when initiated by an individual.