It worth to add that Bangladesh is a small and densely populated country but in this small country about 160 million people live. Among the total population about 50% are poor and living bellow the poverty line.
Further, among the poor about 30 percent are hard core poor. The hard core poor includes the people are landless men and women, widow, separated, divorced women, family dependant on child labor, beggar, char dwellers and people victim of river erosion.
Bangladesh is a country where there are lot beggars and begging from other is their only profession. The do not like to find the alternative profession. Again, from the part of government there are not initiatives to stop begging. The development activists also indifferent to take measures for them.
It is also found that there a lot of people they have ability and physical fitness to work and sale labor but they do not do that. The are continuing the begging profession. It is the burden of the society. But the time has come to take measures to stop their profession.
It also true that most of the beggar are extreme poor and they have no ability to survive with assets they have. The are asset less. But it is not a dignified profession. They are usually become the victim of violence, torture, repression and injustice.
They have no access to services available in the country. They are also not aware about the services available. On the other hand, the service providers also not willful to provide them services.
They are the people no dignity in the society. The are always undermined and humiliated by the well off people. But we should take initiative for them to stop the profession.
The possible initiatives may be the following:
- Motivating the beggar to stop begging
- The beggar who have physical ability can be trained on income generating options to involve them in income generating activities.
- The government and development activists can rehabilitate them
- It can be involve in easy work that is possible for the old men and women.
- Providing shelter
- Providing financial support so that they can involve in income generating activities.
- There are beggar , they are doing it due to sickness and for them the treatment facilities can provided.
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