Quote Originally Posted by Westenders View Post
I personally have never experienced any of these children be pushy, sadly more on the pleading side.

I agree , education is important, but maybe a lot of these children are in school, I've certainly seen them in their school khaki's selling the chocs. A lot of kids in Jamaica attend school half a day anyway, pretty standard. Not a full day like in some of our countries.
Education is an important way to escape poverty, but as a child, and even an adult, if your hungry what is your priority going to be? Learning cannot take place if your belly is empty.
Since I'm here on a daily basis & know most of these children...I should clarify that I'm referring to a specific group of children in Negril...not all Jamaican children. The community of Negril have had to deal with some of them becoming very aggressive with the selling of their goods and the children that I'm referring to have not been going to school. Many of us have taken the time to try to teach some of these children to lower the aggression & also more importantly get them back to school.

In Negril and the surrounding areas we are fortunate to have a soup kitchen & neighbours that have produce that are willing to share...it can be tough in the inner cities of Jamaica though!