Anak jalanan..
Rumah mereka beratapkan langit yang tak berujung
Rumah mereka lebih luas dari kebun raya Bogor
Rumah mereka berada dimana-mana
Gue sedih baca blognya Janet tentang yang satu ini.
"Yesterday when i was halfway to my house. I saw 2 kids di depan warung makan duduk bersila di pinggir jalan. Makan Indomie yang mungkin buat mereka Spaghetti. Devara sama gue sering lewatin jalan itu kalo pulang bareng, Devara sampe kenal sama anak jalanan yang masih lugu banget, namanya Rio. Rio jualin koran yang harga nya 3 ribu. Koran lama sih kayaknya. Tiap kali gue mau kasih duit makan buat Rio, Devara says no. Soalnya ternyata dari jauh ada yang mantau anak-anak disitu, duit makan yang bakal gue kasih belom tentu bisa dipake Rio buat makan ato sekedar beli minum. Preman nya duduk, ngaso dan ngerokok. Bukannya ngamen ato cari kerja kecil-kecilan. Hina banget menurut gua, memperkerjakan anak yang seharusnya dia bantu. Malu-maluin. Kasus kaya gini pernah gue temuin juga waktu gue pulang sekolah naik kopaja nomor.... 72! Emg ga di kopaja ini aja sih, tp... there was a kid, limbless..dia ga punya kaki. Dan jalannya ngesot. Utk naik dan turun dr bis, dia pun lompat, tanpa kaki. Preman yg udh gue spot dr jauh ikt naik jg, duduk dibelakang dan MAKAN! sementara anak yang (sorry) cacat itu dibiarin ngesot2 minta uang."
It was very heartbreaking seeing young kids and sometimes holding a toddler, begging for a few Rupiah coins under the hot sun. Some of them carry babies to amp up the sympathy factor. On the other hand, there are also kids who are used by their lazy parents to beg on the street. These parents are usually very poor and ignorant. Instead of working for a living to support their family, they force their children to become street kids. Worst is, when these kids do not get enough money by the end of the day, they will be punished. These kids have to sacrifice their education and future just to serve the needs of their selfish parents.
And this is another story.
Halte TransJakarta Kampung Melayu. I was waiting for the bus, when i saw Metromini "without driver" and I asked my friends "Where's the driver?". Really, it looked like there was no driver! And it surprised me, the driver is a kid, yup kid, like an elementary kids in Indonesia. When he parked the bus, he was smoking. He went out from the bus and then he played a traditional games, gundu, with his friends. Someday, gue pengen nampung mereka di rumah yang layak. gue pengen anak-anak itu sekolah, kerja dan dari hasil kerja mereka, mereka bisa bantu temen-temennya atau keluarga yang lain juga :) Insyaallah.
