Today, he stole again. Not in school, not in the streets, but right in the streetkids shelter.
Last month he was stole and conned another kid out of his money. Yes. He is the same one I blogged about, who was remorseful over his mistake. At least the last time he was in the hot seat. And now it seems like he has forgotten all about it.
This round, he stole from P.Neet, the centre manager.
This is likened to biting the hand that feeds him and slapping the people who cared the most for him.
Honestly its not easy to be in this line of work. Having not only the stresses of daily work, but also having to draft papers, countless back to back meetings, work long into the nights just to raise enough funds to help these kids.
Seeing a child repeat the same mistakes over again and again is just discouraging. Many times, I feel an urge to simply expel such kids from the programme, saving my staff from the hurts, pains and disappointments working with these "difficult" kids.
Even better, I can even justify my actions, with the cliche words of "caring for the overall good"
But just look at this child, if we were to expel him, where can he go ? These are already the rejects of society, kicked out of their own families or channeled to us by government authorities.
Honestly, if we won't give them a chance who will ? And again, wasn't the streetkids programme meant for unlovable children such as these ?
Whenever I feel the urge to give up on recalcitrant kids, i remember a loving God who's stubborn love held on to a recalcitrant me. Looking at it from this perspective, it sure gives me a little more strength to walk with Meang through this phase in his life.
So here we go again......
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