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Looking after our local children…
By Charley Brinton | May 26, 2008
Last September I wrote a post entitled “A child is a whole village’s responsibility”. This has come to light even more in recent weeks with the tragic death of Khyra Ishaq, the seven year old girl who died, possibly of starvation and neglect, a few weeks ago in Birmingham. It’s thought her brother and sisters are in a similar state of neglect. What some people would like to know is what about the neighbours? Did no-one notice the children? Or if anything disturbing was happening next door to them, or on their street. Perhaps they did and decided it wasn’t their business? They didn’t want to be accused of being busy bodies. But where do you draw the line. If I suspected that any child was being abused or neglected, or indeed and adult was in trouble in a house in my community I’d like to think I would notify the authorities. It’s so sad to think that this death, and many other tragic domestic occurrences, could have been prevented if people weren’t so adverse to getting to know those who live in close proximity to them.
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