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BANGLADESHI BEGGARS Beggars are found in the villages, in towns and cities. In other words, beggars are found begging everywhere in Bangladesh. Among the total population about 50% are poor and living below the poverty line. In Bangladesh, the beggars usually gather near the mosques, at bus stands, at railway stations, in front of markets, and at street intersections. Many of the beggars are very poor, landless and disabled but some able bodied beg to avoid doing actual work. In Bangladesh mostly poor people from rural areas come to the cities for begging as they cannot find jobs in their hometowns. Some young boys and girls are also found begging in the streets to overcome their poverty. At the bus stand, market place and in the traffic signals old beggars and child beggars stretch their hands out for money; make strange noises to draw the attention of the passers-by, some carry testimonial of the any important person, or from the physicians stating their medical condition and beg for their medical treatment, some for help with their daughter’s marriage. Most beggars look dirty, have matted hair and wear old worn-out clothing. Some have limbs missing and various sicknesses, both physical and mental. A few look down-rights scary, with deformities, untreated burns, open wounds, and skin conditions on their faces.

Many of the beggars and fakirs also beg because it has become a family tradition and is a like any other profession passed down from one generation to the next .This is due to the human resource weakness in our country. Since Bangladesh is a third world war country with a high population density, low income and human vulnerability. Bangladeshis are motivated by many factors when they decide to give alms to a beggar. They may be thinking about the benefits they will reap in the afterlife for such a good deed. But we should not directly give money, as this is only short-term assistance. Rather we need to work for long-term solutions addressing the cause of poverty, empowering and up skilling the poor to improve their own lives through education, employment etc. The development activists also indifferent to take measures for them After all beggars can’t be choosers.

Reference Chāţţagām : Bangladesh | Jan 31, 2011 at 4:22 AM PST By prabirghose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_country http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12320172 http://narijbon.blogspot.com/2007/07/beggars-problem-in-bangladesh.html http://www.addaycampus.com/2011/10/beggar-situation-in-bangladesh-and.html