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April 9, 2014

Title: Should you Give Young Beggars Money?
Topic: Child Exploitation

Discussed by Zulfiqar Rashid
with Zulfiqar Rashid

Part 1 of 2

Children begging for money have approached anyone who has taken a Caribbean cruise or visited one of the Earth’s less affluent countries. Many are dirty and obviously hungry. Some are disabled or disfigured.

It is hard to resist dropping a few coins into their small hands, but Pakistan native and child advocate Zulfiqar Rashid says we must resist them.

This is not to be mean or cruel, quite the contrary. Listen in as he explains.

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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Child Exploitation

Discussed by Zulfiqar Rashid
with Zulfiqar Rashid

Crime rings around the world use children as beggars. Children are often starved or maimed in attempts to elicit more sympathy and money.

“Rat-Boys” refers to children in Indo Asian countries whose heads are tightly bound when they’re very young resulting in stunted brains and terrible disfigurement. The children are then put to work as beggars.

Rashid writes about this and other shocking stories in his book  The Rat-boys of Karalabad, which can be found at www.zulfiqarrashid.com.

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November 13, 2013

Title: Should you Give Young Beggars Money?
Topic: Child Exploitation

Discussed by Zulfiqar Rashid
with Zulfiqar Rashid

Part 1 of 2

Children begging for money have approached anyone who has taken a Caribbean cruise or visited one of the Earth’s less affluent countries. Many are dirty and obviously hungry. Some are disabled or disfigured.

It is hard to resist dropping a few coins into their small hands, but Pakistan native and child advocate Zulfiqar Rashid says we must resist them.

This is not to be mean or cruel, quite the contrary. Listen in as he explains.

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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Child Exploitation

Discussed by Zulfiqar Rashid
with Zulfiqar Rashid

Crime rings around the world use children as beggars. Children are often starved or maimed in attempts to elicit more sympathy and money.

“Rat-Boys” refers to children in Indo Asian countries whose heads are tightly bound when they’re very young resulting in stunted brains and terrible disfigurement. The children are then put to work as beggars.

Rashid writes about this and other shocking stories in his book  The Rat-boys of Karalabad, which can be found at www.zulfiqarrashid.com.

More from this Guest      More on this Topic      More from this Organization