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Photo taken @ Kolkata, India

離開沙德街，在城市的大街上，天橋底也住了一些露宿者，我猜這個小孩是從那裡蹓出來的吧? 從小孩的身旁經過，他也沒有問我拿錢(也許他還沒有學會?)，只是默默地攀爬著對他來說算是頗高的欄杆。儘管他有點髒髒的，但表面看來還是挺正常，沒有營養不良的感覺。

不過年紀小小的他，看來沒有朋友，臉上也沒有小孩子常有的單純笑容，彷彿已經預見到將來的路有多畸嶇難行，要捱得過艱苦的生活是多麼不容易。這些街童，何去何從，會遇上什麼人和事，也許都是一個個令人心酸的故事吧...

“The study reveals that while 26% of male street children faced sexual abuse before they turned 15, 13% of the girls who faced abuse were above 15 years. Around 13% of the boys who visited sex workers suffered from sexually transmitted diseases.

Less than half of the street children got two square meals a day, more than 85% slept in public places and earned less than Rs 1,000 a month. Substance abuse, the study disclosed, was extremely high among them. Thirty per cent used non-tobacco substances like adhesives, brown sugar, cocaine and alcohol.”

Reference:  http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-20/kolkata/28145019_1_sexual-abuse-street-children-hiv