Father Day, Mother Night

More than half of the children earning a living on the streets are ordered to do so by their parents. They are surrounded by violence without protection.

July 30, 2002

NINGSIH is only a street singer. Every day she collects small change from bus passengers at the Kampung Melayu Terminal in Jakarta. That day, however, she bought 100 pieces of chicken from a fast-food restaurant and celebrated with her friends, the street children. Where did she get the money from?

Ningsih is indeed a millionairess now. In the middle of last June, her painting entitled Flood won third prize in the street children painting competit

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