Parents using children to beg on PNG streets

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Updated March 19, 2010 17:19:34

In Papua New Guinea, many parents living in poverty are reportedly encouraging their children to beg on the streets in towns and cities. The reports come weeks after a child protection legislation was approved by the government earlier this year.


Presenter, Firmin Nanol
Dame Carol PNG's Community Development Minister
Petra Urakupa, Administration Officer with PNG WeCARe Foundation

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