A story of a little boy
First I will start the story by an old saying from
الشيخ فرح ودتكتوك
يحكى ان الشيخ فرح كان مسافرا فى رحله داخل السودان وكان صائما تطوعا لله تعالى ومر بمنزل فى احدى القرى وبكرم اهل السودان اتى احد اطفال المنزل بكوره من اللبن فشرب الشيخ اللبن, فسأله احدى رفقائه كيف شربت اللبن وانت صائم فرد الشيخ ( اليوم باقضيه لكن خاطر الجاهل وين بوديه)
This is a story of a little boy on the streets, which I have met about three years ago, he used to pass along where I work …beautiful as can be, despite his old torn clothing he had a charming face and an angel smile.
I introduced myself to the boy; his name is (s) he was at that time about five years of age; I’ve asked him where he lives? And what is he doing on the streets? The boy lives with his family that consist of seven siblings, he is working on the streets to feed and cloth himself since his father can not take care of him and all his family, so he send (S) to work washing cars. (How could a small tiny boy as (S) look- out for himself I did not understand), needless to say we became good friends (S) comes to see me every now and then, I started to care for the boy and I wanted to know more about him and how can I help him in any kind of way possible. One day I asked (S) how much does he make on the streets and is it enough for him, he replied that he makes about 1000 on a good day and it is not enough, while he gives his mother some of the money, so what to do to better (S) situation, find him another job, or even another form of life! I asked (S) what would be his wish in life; (S)’s wish was to know how to write his name... (What a simple wish). This has become my main matter with (S), not only would I teach him how to write his name, but I was willing to go further than that, I have decided to take (S) to school
Since taking care of a child that has a family is not an easy matter, I asked (S) to tell his mother or father, or even bring them to see me, for I didn't want to interfere in a family's issue.
(S) Brought his mother to see me, she was a child herself (a child that has seven children what a tough equation), I have talked to the mother about my intentions on helping her child go to school after her permission of course, she agreed to think of the matter and bring (S)’s father attention to the suggestion. (S)’s parents answer came to me as a surprise they refused the idea of me taking him to school seeing that if they can’t do it, no one can.
I was not ready to surrender yet, all I know is that I wanted to help my little friend any way I can. (S) Came to see me regularly we talked just about everything, he tells me about his friends on the streets and how he spend his day, we sit and write some words, names etc… but then I started to notice that (S) has acquired the habit of not telling the truth, with imaginary stories, that overlook the truth entirely. Another thing I have noticed about (S) that he turned into fights and clashes with friends on the streets, one day his ear is cut, the other day his eye is wounded. But the most dangerous behavior of them all is addiction; I could tell that (S) is using some sort of a substance, but how to prove it.
In order for me to help (S), I went to see an expert on the subject of “children that live on the streets”, he works for a non-profit organization, he was very helpful, gave a broader look to the problem and the situation I am facing with (S). The conclusion of our conversation was that I can not give (S) all the help he needs, (S) needs a greater kind of assistance; given the fact that he might be addicted (S) is in a bigger state of danger than I could comprehend, so the expert told me to help (S) with talking to him, give him a different kind of environment than the streets, whenever he comes to see me, hear him out, basically be a friend or a second mother. That is all I could do for him, (S) is one of millions of children who are facing serious difficulties living on the streets.
Obviously I came back disappointed, but I took it upon myself to learn more about the situation of street children, or at least talk about it to bring people’s awareness to the issue ….
These are some facts about street children
طفل الشارع هو اى طفل ذكرا كان ام انثى قد اتخذ من الشارع (بما يشمل عليه المفهوم من اماكن مهجوره...الخ) محلا للحياه والاقامه دون رعاية او حماية او اشراف من جانب اشخاص راشدين مسؤلين
(تعريف الامم المتحده)
تشير التقديرات الى وجود ما يزيد عن 100-130 مليون طفل شارع فى العالم منهم ما بين 7-10 مليون طفل عربى, وتبين الكثير من المؤشرات والدلائل على ان تلك الظاهره آخذه فى الازدياد.
(المجلس العربى للطفوله والتنميه)
Last I will end this by another saying
(نحن مذنبون باركتاب الكثير من الاخطاء والذنوب ولكن افظع ما ارتكبناه هو تخلينا عن الاطفال, عندما تجاهلنا هذا المنبع للحياه كثير مما نحتاجه يمكن ان ينتظر, اما الطفل فلا يستطيع الانتظار, لقد حان الوقت الآن فالعظام تشكلت والدماء تكونت والمشاعر نمت ولا نستطيع ان نجيب على الطفل فى الغد لان هذا الطفل هو اليوم)
جابريلا ميسترال الشاعره التشيليه الحائزه على جائزة نوبل
Thank you
العرض العادي
