Glue and the children of the street
Friday, February 27, 2015
![Helping hand: James and some of the children he is assisting. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2015/february/27/phpD5C4.tmp.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Helping hand: James and some of the children he is assisting. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Street children are just like any other children. They listen, take orders, play, sing just like ordinary children.
Two main differences however: they are homeless and many of them sniff glue. The children of the streets are usually dirty, sleep in culverts and forage for food in dustbins, each carrying a sad tale of abandonment, loss, disease or neglect.
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