at a junction

They are between 7 to 15 years old. They sing at junction with a cheap ukulele, try to beg our sympathy just for a small of money to buy some cheap food. They are still young. They face violence at street without option to be chosen and also many of them can’t pay for school. They just know how to survive from the hard life of street.

Often we see them at the junction. Their presence become common and sometimes many people feel disturbed by their presence. Regrettably, many people don’t care to them. Many people don’t care how they sleep tonight, what they eat every day, what they do if they got a cold or a fever, what they do if they are sad, what they do if they feel lonely, what they feel if nobody don’t care to them. In the other places, there are many kids in the same age with them play happily at their school and never afraid what will they eat for their dinner. What are the differences of them? Why they have different condition?

If nobody cares about their presence, they will be shaped by negative influence of street life. They don’t know about education and knowledge. They don’t know how to motivate their self to be success. They don’t know how to change their life to be something. They are young generation and the future of the country is determined by its young generation.

Obviously, God also loves them. There are a community of volunteer who spent their time, fund, and attention to help these kids. This community gives these kids a good education by coordinating many small study groups at several areas in Jakarta to teach them about reading, writing, and counting. They try to be their friend. The volunteers try to make a good relationship and motivate them to feel a better life. They call their community as “Sahabat Anak”. For further information you can browse at http://www.sahabatanak.com/SA_English/home_english.htm . The kids need us as their friend. They are precious. They are eager to share to you about the happiness of being loved. Because of love they can smile. Wish you have a lovely life.