{"id":18250,"date":"2013-07-16T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T11:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=18250"},"modified":"2013-07-16T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T11:47:48","slug":"begging-for-the-blind-the-story-of-a-street-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2013\/07\/begging-for-the-blind-the-story-of-a-street-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Begging for the blind; the story of a street child"},"content":{"rendered":"
Faustina Ayene, a 15-year-old girl with short curly hair, weaves between traffic near the Adabraka TUC intersection in a sweaty and tattered skirt and blouse. She holds the hand of Teresa, a blind woman in her 50s.<\/p>\n
She moves swiftly, protecting Teresa from wild \u2018trotros\u2019 and motorcycles as they beg for coins through car windows.<\/p>\n
But make no mistake; Faustina is not Teresa\u2019s daughter. They are business partners. Faustina, though she is a young girl, is an expert at her job after almost three years of begging.<\/p>\n