Bnewb- thanks for the reply. Good to know.

Dash - don't you get it? Look at what you said with some empathy, could these children have been desperate? Not all children go to school in JA if their parents can't afford to send them. They were trying to sell something, even if it was tatty. They didn't straight ask you for money, that in my view would be begging. We don't know what these individual kids are experiencing. The beggar label just reinforces stereotypical thinking.
Brill that you donate to st. Anthony,s but they have limited capacity and can't help everyone unfortunately.