BY SAMIA KHAN
It’s been a week my children are at home because of this coronavirus fear. The government has shutdown schools for children’s safety.
We keep our children at home fearing they can get these germs while playing, studying together, and interaction with other kids.
At home, I am take caring them more than before, giving them vitamin C, banana, milk, excessive water to make their immune system strong. Minors can get infection more easily because of weak immune system.
Along with all the precaution I am forcing them to use sanitizers after every few hours to make sure they are protected from bacteria.
While doing all of this I was thinking about those street children who pass their entire time picking up garbage, wear unhygienic clothes.
Almost every day they get their food from dust bin which we throw as left over or waste. No parents, family, supervisor, guardian, care taker are there to protect them from this contagious disease.
They are spending their childhood on streets, foot paths, railway or bus station, asking money for bread which can only help them remove their hunger. No lust for toys, good clothes, shoes, only a small amount of money brings a smile on their face.
Moreover, there must be some of them who have already been effected by coronavirus BUT, who cares?
Sadly, to say no one.
These are the bitter aspects of real life which compels me to think how blessed we all are. We must pay gratitude to God Almighty who gave us this beautiful life and made us capable to make a better life to our children.
The very least we can do to the street children is to treat them nicely, provide extra money, show kindness and avoid offensive behavior.
If they try to become vigorous, clever, sharp while asking for money, it doesn’t mean they don’t have an innocent heart.
They have the same right to enjoy their childhood like our children but, unfortunately poverty has snatched it from them.
I heard somewhere that every child has childhood but not everyone can enjoy it.
May Allah protect them all from all the evil, disease and give them a good joyful life.
(Samia Khan is a mother of three children. She is a housewife, living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A keen observer and an avid reader, she is also exploring her writing skills. She can be reached at asimsamia96@gmail.com)
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Very well said, specially when you wrote innocent hearts.?