Let's stand beside them
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A few days back, a friend and I went to Apon- a drug rehabilitation centre, as part of a research work of our department. The conversation we had with the teenaged drug addicts changed our perception about them. Many of them are abandoned by either their father or mother. In most of the cases, their mothers were divorced and then got married again. As a result, they had no place to go but to live on the street. In some cases, after their father or mother's death they were forced to leave home and became street children. What is most depressing is that almost all the street boys are addicted to drugs and involved in crimes and different kinds of anti-social activities. Their average age is not more than 13 or 14 years. If every one of us takes the responsibility to bring them in the mainstream of society, the situation will change radically. It is our moral duty to stand beside these children.
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