IEC2016: Hope for street children in Cebu
(Vatican Radio) One of the
most touching interventions at the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in
Cebu, Philippines, was made by an ex-“street child” from the city.
Maria “Maggie” Georgia Cogtas
now works with other children who find themselves in the same dire situation
she once found herself.
She told Vatican Radio the
life on the street can be frightening and dangerous.
“I have encountered many
street children. When we meet them they have scars on their…head,” she said.
“One time there was a street
kid who was very badly beaten by a group, he had a wound in his head, he said
to me he rushed to the hospital and asked for the security guards if they could
help him,” Maggie continued. “So there was a doctor who said [he could help]
then he stitched the wound of the child.”
Not all street children are
homeless. Many just make their living on the street, begging or stealing food
and money.
“Street could be children
making their street their market for living, maybe they could use the street as
instrument where they could food or money.”
In this case, Maggie said
“the danger is not only in the street, but also in the home.”
“There are street children
who are beaten by their family because I guess their stress-out parents convert
their stress to their children,” she said.
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