Organized groups of child beggars are common in India.
They pull away, ignoring a child beggar, and a lit up hotel sign is next displayed.
She later realizes that they were looking for a maid which results in her expulsion from the house and befriending a child beggar who takes her to his dilapidated home.
As recently reported by UNICEF "certain behaviors, such as giving money to child beggars can also indirectly motivate traffickers and controller to demand children."
The Passe number 60,000, with 10,000 child beggars and only 3,000 literates in Mumbai alone.
The chipped sidewalks outside the fences swarm with people in various stages of transit: vegetable sellers, child beggars and a constant flow of travelers carrying bulging suitcases.
As the bus stop to refuel we are immediately swamped by hoards of child beggars and hawkers.
Men peddle dodgy-looking binoculars: middle-aged ladies sell carnations; young gypsy kids appear with red roses; child beggars are chased away half-heartedly by waiters.
Policewomen also handled cases that involved female juvenile delinquents, ill or abandoned girls, prostitutes, and child beggars.
Downtown in the capital, Panama City, child beggars ply the sidewalks in front of empty shops and restaurants, most of which are now closed.