Children off the Street: A Step in the Right Direction

The  St Andrew Central Police have undertaken the apprehension of children found begging and wiping car windscreens at street corners. This decision is indeed a step in the right direction.Unmistakenly, these children are” in need of care and protection” and need the full support of the state to receive such attention. The time has come also to find the parents or guardians of these children and make them face the Family Court and face their  own responsibilities as parents.

In the face of this vitally important move let us hope that the appropriate facilities will be provided for these children.At all cost, the government should avoid the overcrowded institutions that literally destroy our children in care.

Let us invest in humanity and save our children.

For each child we save is a man /a woman of tomorrow we save. Each one take one for a better Jamaica a better world.

~ by jahteecha on September 16, 2009.