The Panhandlers

FACE OF THE MONTH
FEATURING:
PANHANDLERS
All of us have family, friends, home, food, money and other material things. Because of them we create our dreams, hopes, and even our destiny that makes us strong and able to face the obstacles in life. Although we all have this, we always asks for more, we are not contented.
In our everyday life, we encounter different kinds of people as we go our way. Sometimes, these people brings a great impact to us. And one of them are the young beggars we always see everywhere. These children, at their young age sacrifice in order to survive. Seeing them, we realized that we are lucky because even if we are poor, there are people who are much poorer than us.
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Touching the beggars

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By Liezel Reondanga
The beggars are those who need comfort of others, dont have enough foods, lacks of money or anything that makes them feel alive and happy. These people are hopeless in their life. What best description can I say about beggars? Should I accept the fact that beggars are part of my community? The questions that I need to think about their lives. But how can I settle it out without giving time for them? Without knowing their personality? As a youth, we need to help the beggars by making them realize the importance of life, by telling them that theyre not alone. Dont let them down and let us change their lives by reaching out and talk to them, their friends and their parents as well.
is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation. Beggars may be found in public places such as transport routes, urban parks, and near busy markets. Besides money, they may also ask for cigarettes or other small items.
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1.Begging
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The journey of our life already starts even before the day we were born in this cruel world. Everyone became a child wherein the only things that we know is to play, eat and sleep. Childs life, cycled only on his friends, to his brothers and sisters and to his parents. Imagine how lucky we are if we have all of these things. We should be thankful that we have our parents who support and love us. Not all people are born with this kind of life situations. Unfortunately, some people are not blessed to have a family to be with them and a shelter that they will live in. These people that I am trying to point out are those people who live at the streets. They were spending their whole day begging money.
By Cristine Demorin Lets give a helping hand to the needy

When we had an interview with some young beggars here, Ive realized that the difficulties that Im in to now are very much lighter than those difficulties that these children have. It is very common if a beggar asks money from you, when we talked with these beggars we didnt give them money instead we bought them food to eat. It makes me feel so weak when I saw them scattering around the city and eat nothing the whole day. It was so stressful for me thinking about these kids, they have nothing to eat; they look so unpleasant and even their smell as if they really didnt take a bath in his entire. How pity they are! They were living so miserable. I wish I could do something for them and give them the things that they need in order for them not to beg money from other people anymore.
Begging for Coins

By--Lyka G. Abejuela
There are people who are blessed with everything: a good time , with delicious foods ,new clothes and other luxurious things. There are also those who just lived simply, working hard to be able to eat three times a day and to sustain the daily needs. Worst, there are also some who really dont have anything, even a spare of cloth just to cover the coldness of the dark night or a pair of slippers enough to protect the feet from the rough road. This is how life becomes so unfair, words which perfectly define the situation of this people whom in their early are already exposed to a life treating them pretty rough. One of them is Noel, a 10-year old boy from San Vicente, Bulan, Sorsogon and has a drunkard mother. He is forced to work (receiving 20 pesos) by fetching a pail of water and by washing others car (also often seen in public places begging for food or a drop of penny). Together with him is Amir, who is also a 10year old boy and from San Vicente, Bulan, Sorsogon as well. But unlike Noel, he continues to study at San Vicente Elementary School as Grade-II pupil in spite of his sad story. Only, according to him, he was not already going home because of the fear from the history of his late uncle who was killed there last 20__. Another is Ronnel, a 12-year old boy all the way from Irosin, Sorsogon who was forced to stop attending school at Bacolod Primary School as an honor Grade-V pupil because of a cruel and mentally ill father and was abandoned by a mother for another family.
Who are they? Are they the cancer of the society or the Hope of our country?
These are just some of those unhappy stories of young beggars that we have here in Bulan. Although they can be stubborn or liars and even, do bad things such as stealing just to survive, we should understand how it is to be young who are supposed to be in school or at home--- playing, sleeping comfortably, or eating plenty of foods. They should be in the accountability of their parents who are expected to guide and protect them as they are growing. Unluckily, what they have is the other way around and this how life became unjust. But what was admirable with these kids was that they can still manage to smile widely and laugh out loud regardless of their real situation. And let me share with you this simple text message: God gave us EYES not to insult, but to LOOK beyond situation; A MOUTH not to criticize, but to SPEAK for truth; HANDS not to punish sinners, but to GIVE a helping hand; EARS not to be insensitive, but to HEAR voices in pain; Everything He gives us has its own purposes. Its just a matte Of choosing what is right...
Some of the beggars in Bulan
The young beggars
What if our friend become one of them, Will you extend a helping hand or youll just pretend and act as if you dont know her?
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:3)

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FACE OF THE MONTH

Touching the beggars

By Cristine Demorin Lets give a helping hand to the needy

Begging for Coins

Some of the beggars in Bulan

The young beggars

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