Im in Karachi, Pakistan for the next 10 days.
Coming here has opened my eyes to how thankful I should be. There are so many children here working in dangerous conditions, selling items on the street, cleaning windshields on busy roads, making things in factories, all signs of child labour. It brings tears to my eyes.
Everybody here says the people on the streets begging are professionals and we shouldnt give to them, even their kids come with them from small villages to do this as a profession, giving to them is wasting money. I understand, but what can I then do to help the children, ive bought some food when they've begged to me and have brought books to donate to a school, what are some other ideas? I want to focus on the children. Is it possible to help change the system without it changing you? Im so confused and disheartedWhat can I do?
Send soccer balls. You can't do everything, but don't forget they are children, and children need/love to play games.
Soccer balls are a great form of entertainment because so many kids can play with just one.
A friend just came back from a trip to India and had the same concerns, %26quot;What can I do?%26quot; We organized a group to send soccer balls and the response has been overwhelming.What can I do?
http://www.globalmarch.org/
start there.
goodluckWhat can I do?
You will become a saint if you manage to solve the begging problem in Pakistan.
Good luck to you.What can I do?
As an individual you can't fight the system. But as an individual you can help brighten a few kids lives. Refreshing to see that someone cares enough to bring it to the attention of the people here.Good luck to you. Stay safe.What can I do?
First off just being there and being concerend about the problem is way more than most people will ever do in their entire life. I have been to places in africa and asia and i know exactly what u are talkin about. My sister (who lived in africa for years) said that some parents chop off their childrens limbs to make tourists more likely to give them money. Speading the word i think is most impotant.
Our goverment only involves itself when there is money involved (WWII the pacific trade line...yes not the nazi's...Iraq-we now controll all the money from the oil.) i could go on and on. Does it matter when millions of africans are kiled by a army that we could stop in a matter of weeks....no. So whatever u can do is more than anybody else in the US even cares about.
