Meet Poverty

Culture of Begging

Main Challenges: We must help and provide without enabling begging. We must meet real needs, but have very limited resources.

We do not want to enable and encourage begging and entitlements, as is happening all over the country in both the poor and rich alike. A number of factors including an abundance of free aid to the perceived needy causes this.

 

In addition to these things, there is a problem with “aid,” all together. While we are taught to be generous by Jesus who taught, “Give to the one who asks,” there are other lessons Jesus and the Bible teaches as well about being wise.

 

Seeking Real Change

How:  First, we meet the boys on their terms, get to know them, and find out what they really need and want opposed to what the western world and local society wants to give them and thinks they need and want.

First, they need to be looked upon as children and humans - not a useless society of hooligans and vagabonds. Most of the boys are in dire situations when they find themselves on the street at a young age and cannot be expected to grow up in a respectable and responsible way alone. They WANT TO BELONG. They WANT to be GIVEN A CHANCE.