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Govt ask NGOs to remove children from the streets
14 Jun 2016 at 07:01hrs | Views
The Deputy Minister of Public Service Tapiwa Matangaidze has asked the non governmental organizations who are catering for children to remove the children from the streets.
Matangaidze said his Ministry is responsible for administering the law on vulnerable children such as these street kids.
"We have Government children's homes and other homes run by voluntary organisations. We encourage them to remove children from the streets and take them into those homes. However, the problem is that, it is easier and cheaper for the street children to beg in the streets than to be confined to a home. These children find a lot of benefits in staying in the streets as they beg for money, which they are given. Commuters give them some left-over food through the windows," he said.
"It is our responsibility as drivers and commuters not to feed these people as this encourages them to stay in the streets. We now have a situation where a commuter omnibus driver is fined for picking up passengers from undesignated places."
He said the commuters are also fined for boarding or alighting on undesignated places.
"Hence, we are saying, we need the same approach. We should deny these children the kind of assistance we are currently giving them and instead, pool our resources and give out to children's homes so that they are assisted," he said.
Matangaidze said his Ministry is responsible for administering the law on vulnerable children such as these street kids.
"We have Government children's homes and other homes run by voluntary organisations. We encourage them to remove children from the streets and take them into those homes. However, the problem is that, it is easier and cheaper for the street children to beg in the streets than to be confined to a home. These children find a lot of benefits in staying in the streets as they beg for money, which they are given. Commuters give them some left-over food through the windows," he said.
"It is our responsibility as drivers and commuters not to feed these people as this encourages them to stay in the streets. We now have a situation where a commuter omnibus driver is fined for picking up passengers from undesignated places."
He said the commuters are also fined for boarding or alighting on undesignated places.
"Hence, we are saying, we need the same approach. We should deny these children the kind of assistance we are currently giving them and instead, pool our resources and give out to children's homes so that they are assisted," he said.
Source - Byo24News
