Indonesian parents facing poverty give up children

by sweet east pearl | June 23, 2008 at 12:12 am

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Due to the increase in fuel and food prices, many parents gave up their children to the orphanage. The parents said it was the best choice for them since they can't feed them and give them proper basic needs.

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead.

His mom and dad, he quietly explained as he stared at the ground, were too poor to feed him and put him through school. And he longs to leave Parapattan Orphanage in central Jakarta and return to them.

"I just want to be with my parents, even if it means I cannot get an education," he said.