The “unsung hero” from three minutes of feel-good corporate marketing Thursday may have good intentions, but such actions help enslave children, a child advocacy group says.
One day after a Thai Life Insurance commercial’s warm fuzzies went viral for depicting a selfless man, The Mirror Foundation said Friday that supporting child street beggars is tantamount to funding child trafficking.
How could they be opposed to giving money to sad, hungry children? Because many of Bangkok’s street children got there because they were sold, rented or abducted to earn money for criminal elements. And, the orgainzation says, they never see one satang of the money collected.
“These children will never go to school or have normal lives,” the foundation’s statement read. “… Giving money to child beggars supports human trafficking.”
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