"Sisters and brothers, please give us some money. We need it so much, we don't have money to go to school or even to buy some food. Giving Rp500 to us will not make you poor...."
It is very heartbreaking when I see children buskers and beggars, aged between 5-14, begging for money at public transportation or places. If you come to Indonesia, it is very common to see them, with their shabby clothes and
unappropriate attitude, force everyone to pay attention toward them and
with a little bit miserable words, they ask for money. Regardless of their location, the children buskers and beggars face hardships and
exploitation. Street children are generally deprived of their right to
education and have little or no access to the formal education system.
The majority of them are illiterate and have either never been enrolled,
or have dropped out of the formal education system. Only
one in five (20%) of children below the ages of 6 years old receives preschool
education in Indonesia; and those that are lucky enough to have received,
it are likely to have been brought up amongst the middle or upper classes.
In fact, their protection and education are frequently neglected by governments, but it is also our responsibility to take care the socio-economic backward to help them to get a better future. Therefore, we, one of the business schools in Jakarta, PPM School of Management - batch 67, would like to make community awareness for our young generation so that they can reach their dreams with education. We would share knowledge and experinces to socio-economic backward community in Depok and Jakarta, such as Masjid Terminal (Terminal Mosque) in Depok, Gereja Kristen Indonesia (Indonesian Christian Church) in Bilangan Panglima Polim-South Jakarta, Bimbel Senen in Central Jakarta and the last, Untitled Foundation which unorganized yet and has less instructor in Duren Tiga - South Jakarta.
It is our time to act!
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