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A small boy of 5 years walks softly through the small alleyways of Spain. His face looks weary and his body, tired. He does not seem to have any flesh, only skin and bones. As he walks and walks, he earns a little money by colleting the waste from the sewers or doing any other errand and thus manages to eat. His father had died even before he was born. His had left him on the streets. He does not even remember her face. Another girl walks through the Holy city of Varanasi. She is aged 15. Two years ago she left her home to run away with a boy. He cheated her and left her near the Ganga. She is now very poor and has to beg for money. Her father and have left India for the U.S She has heard the news. But her parents, who are going in search of work in the U.S, would never find her. In Uganda, a small girl with a shaven head, wanders here and there. She is 10 years old. She lives in a small broken hut with her father. Her father has a job as a sweeper. They are way below the poverty line. She has to walk 6 km in search of water. Her had died when she was only 2 years. She has never seen a school. She would never know what education is. More than half of our 7 billion neighbours don’t have clean water to drink or a roof over their head There are many more children like the ones I have mentioned here. They have been deprived of shelter, dignity, love,
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food and education. They too are humans; may be, better ones. They also need the care we get today. We can join hands and make a miracle happen. Will you join us?