OLIVER Twist was lucky he was not born in Indonesia. The street child from the Charles Dickens tale would have suffered at the hands of the adults around him. He would have been forced to work hard, steal, survive on barely enough food, and face harsh punishment if he had done wrong.

Oliver did not suffer like Ardiansyah, the 9-year-old beggar from Jakarta’s streets who faced not only dishonest adults, but also sick monsters on the streets: un