Beggars can’t be choosers…or can they?

One of the issues that came up at the teaching conference was the issue of begging. Some of the children come from situations so bad that they were reduced to begging on the street before coming to Savva. Unfortunately, begging appears to be a habit they are finding hard to break and the caretakers just don’t know what to do. The older children have some freedom to leave the property and some try to make the most profit they can, doing odd jobs or, in some cases, begging. I would never have imagined this problem and nor did I know how to respond to the caretakers’ questions. So I’m off to do some research on ways this issue has been dealt with in other countries. If you have any ideas, do let me know!