Hi
Can anyone help me please. I've just returned to Australia from Bali were against my better judgement I got involved with one of the local street kids in Legian. He was quite sick so I took him to the doctor and looked after him for the last week of my holiday. Seems his father is dead, his mother remarried, so she doesn't really care and lives in the village 3 hours away. He seems to have cousins working the streets, but no one takes him home. I did ask if I could pay and send him to school but they refused and want him to continue working the streets selling bracelets. He speaks very little English and is filthy to the point that his skin is covered in rashes and scars caused by bacteria. I have had to leave him there and am devastated, apart from stealing him what else could I do. I did visit a few orphanages, but we still need the mother or cousins consent, it is just so frustrating. If there is anyway I can get him out of that cycle I will try it.
I know there are many of these children in the same situation, it is just cruel beyond belief.
Hoping someone can help.