Hopelessness for Slum Children

Slums are hell on earth for children. It is a life in and out of garbage dumps, no place to sleep except in ditches or makeshift shanties, high mortality rates, absentee parents, no adult supervision, small children taking care of toddler siblings, gang wars, epidemic outbreaks, missing infrastructure, violence, and the law of “survival of the fittest.” These little ones have no chance in life really. It is depressing to even think about.  They are often nothing more than cheap labor workers, or exploited by gangs and forced into child labor. The daily lives of slum children are defined by drugs and alcohol as well as sexual abuse while serious health problems dominate their daily life.  The communities they live in don’t have paved roads or sewage systems, little or no water or electricity and the conditions severe for even an adult to live in? Why has the war on poverty not been successful for these future generations? It’s time to think straight and shoot straight for once.