Humanity’s Shame—- Abandoned Street children!

Today I watched a harrowing video about street kids in the Ukraine called  The Neglected . It was directed by David Gillanders a photojournalist from Glasgow. I was almost moved to tears by what I saw. Kids as young as eight years old living in the sewers: starved, malnourished, ill, drug abusing, abandoned, frightened, kids living in gangs, like packs of animals.

It reminded me of my  motives for writing  my novel  ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt Us’ ( Street kids often hide in lonely cemeteries). In the book I wrote a fictional account of children hiding in the sewers but David’s black and white pictures are so real, so shocking that I felt myself asking all over again why is this allowed to happen? Of course it is not just in the Ukraine, it is in every continent of the world; the cause poverty!

Whatever happened to upholding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?

There will be those who ask  ‘Why does God allow this to happen?’ Surely the question is  ‘Why does humanity treat its young in this shocking way?’

I visit: schools, libraries, church groups and others in Scotland giving talks about my book and my reasons for writing it; to let my readers know about poverty and the life of the street child. Watching David’s film has spurred me on to shout louder! The profits from the sale of my book, paperback and e book go to street children’s charities.

So take a look at David Gillanders film; it will shock you but you need to know, to be able to do something to help!

The documentary  Neglected will be broadcast on Channel 4, Thursday 22nd March 12 midnight

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