There was a boy who is lean and little but shiny and smiley.
He was bullied by his friends. He was flogged with canes and was pushed into puddles.
He was insulted and humiliated in every possible way. But he never cried nor
complained. He knew that he was treated badly. Yet still he goes out every day
to play or get played. He knew that they will throw stones at him and yet he brought
them cookies. He was dropped out in every game yet he watched them play. He
knew that no one liked him yet he loved everyone. He knew there is plenty of
happiness around him, but he never wished for it. He never had the luck of
having the joy. Yet he thanks god for the life he has. No one knows where does he live and no one
cared either. He never went to school, but always roams around it. They thought
he was a retard and ignored him, but he knew he is not. He is different.
He is different because his life doesn’t start with bread and
butter every day. It starts with
drinking water under a street tap. His life won’t let him to go to school. It wants
him to pick the trash every morning. He
hardly gets his daily food yet he shares it with the little money he got. He
waits outside the school to join the kids to play. He takes the beatings and shares
the cookies because they are the only people who keep him company. He never
cried since he has no tears left inside. He never complained and thanks god
instead. He smiles like a prince and
shines like a gem. He lives with a faith and fights with a hope. This
little boy is a street diamond.P.S : Every year thousands of kids are going homeless
Global estimates suggest that between 30 to 150 million
children and young people live on the streets of the major cities and towns in
the world. Nearly all street children have some form of contact with a family
member. Sadly, most children don’t maintain any contact with their family
because of the circumstances that pushed them onto the streets in the first
place. Poverty, physical and sexual abuses are the three main reasons street
children give as to why they have ended up living on the streets. Predominantly
boys claim to have been physically abused whilst girls claim to have been
sexually abused before leaving home. Sometimes the pressure of poverty together
with social vulnerability and exclusion increase the likelihood of young
children joining the population of street children worldwide.
This is dedicated for those Diamonds who rise above all.
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