They approach you while you are waiting for the green light to come on, or while you are drinking your coffee in one of the coffee bars in the city ... street children, Roma. Winter is coming in a period of corona, these children are walking through Nis and there is no one to collect them, where to wash or eat something.
With a bottle full of bottled water and a wiper in hand, small children approach the cars at one of the busiest intersections in Nis. "Give me some money to wash your windshield" are the most common words of these children.
Regardless of the weather conditions, they are here to earn some money and thus exist. Sometimes they have some money, and sometimes their earnings are very low.
Roma children are most noticeable at intersections, squares, shopping malls. There are those who play in pedestrian zones or beg. Although there are many, the exact number no one knows for sure. For the sole reason that no one cares about these children.
It is estimated that over 35% of Roma are children and young people up to 18 years of age. Most of them feed their families with that income. . But the problem is that many of them become addicted to narcotics or go into prostitution.
