Have we ever thought about the poor children,
who all day, all night without any dreams or any hopes aimlessly roam around
the streets, just for some pennies, which the rich people sometimes out of
sympathy give them?
Sometimes we do think about them but then we shut our minds
consoling our hearts with the unbelievable fact that this is a very normal
issue. Sometimes some great amicable people do extend their hands for these
innocent children but this charity exists temporarily.
Are their lives always
meant to be like this? Don’t they have any right, any freedom to live their
dreams, to make their lives better?
Few days ago I saw some children in front of
BFC and their physical, emotional and spiritual condition snatched my complete
attention.
The tender blank faces of these poor children pregnant with poverty
explicating their inarticulate yearn for some food brought tears to my eyes.
All they want in the world is to have better conditions to live ,not by having
a home, a car, a pocket full of money but by determination, respect and by
seeing their near ones not dying out of hunger .But in most cases they are
being ignored, humiliated by the “high class society.”
There are many third-world countries like
Bangladesh where poor children cannot afford to attend to school. At a very
young age, they are taught how to earn their living, how to take the whole
responsibility of their family. In order to learn their livelihood, most of the
time they are being sent to different houses to work as a servant .
This steals
their joy, child like belief, behavior, vision and hope. Moreover it foster apathy to their dreams as
fulfilling dreams require hard work, inspiration and determination that are
rooted in their hope and permeated by their optimistic attitude of sheer
positivity. No play, no education, no childhood, no progression. Money decides
a child’s future! What kind of world do we live in where the future of the
planet cannot go forward to pursue their dreams, to better the world? Maybe
future doctors, engineers and Presidents are living in the streets today but we
turn our faces away rather than facing the reality.
Financial poverty is the biggest visible factor
limiting a child’s dream and it compels many children to suffer from chronic,
debilitating lack of aspiration. It is time to say stop! Without money, no
future?-- But there is always a hope. Why should we regard poverty as a
hindrance to one’s success?
The things they desire for make them happy, so
let us give them that happiness. Let’s face the fact. The world is ours; we are
the inhabitant of this world, if we don’t extend our hands who else will.
This
is the only way we can see smiles in these innocent children’s faces and make
their small small wishes come true and add extra sweet fragrance to their tough
rough lives.
In my opinion, heaven is a place where everyone
is happy, no one is hungry and no one is a racist. It is time to integrate with
each other because these people need us, it is time to show that we have golden
hearts and we are real humans.
It is the just time to show that we, not only
care for ourselves but also for others in our planet. Why will their dreams be
limited because of poverty?
They also have got the maximum right to weave their
dreams .So let’s show these people that they are not alone, the whole planet is
with them to fulfill their dreams and somebody from somewhere still cares about
them.
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Written by --------Salsabila Nesar
Student of class seven, European Standard
School (ESS)
Mohammadpur, Dhaka.
