NGO to launch campaign against beggars using infants
- | Thursday | 12th April, 2018
“While the number of women beggars has come down from 150 in 2016 to 55, these women are repeat offenders. To root out begging from the city streets, the team of Generation Yuvaa has offered to provide employment to women beggars. Awareness campaignThe NGO will first reach out to the three slums and conduct awareness campaigns to prevent the women from begging on streets with infants. Generation Yuvaa has identified slums in ASR Nagar, Tagarapuvalasa and Gajuwaka, from where the women originate and beg with infants. Generation Yuvaa, that runs a rehabilitation home in the city for child beggars and children from families of professional beggars, has now planned to step up its campaign against child begging with the support of the police department and the district administration.
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