2010-11-1云南丽江街头7岁卖艺乞讨男童

今天收到犹太记者朋友 Rachel Beitaric 的一封电子邮件，讲的是，她在云南丽江街头遇到一个7岁卖艺男童的故事，她认为这种现象应该引起当地政府重视并被制止，但是，不知道应该找谁。我赞同她的善意和爱心，愿意在自己的博客里张贴出来，希望这个小男孩，以及和他相似经历的孩子，能够告别这样的街头流浪，回到课堂。

　　附Rachel的电子邮件：

　　Hi there everyone.

　　I took the attached photos this afternoon near the entrance to old town in Lijiang, Yunnan province. Its a street very busy with traffic and pedestrians, mainly tourists.

　　This boy is a contortionist beggar, doing some rather appalling and dangerous spins. We couldnt see where the person handling him was.

　　Talked to the kid briefly: said his parents were home in Henan, he is seven years old and got to Lijiang all by himself (which is almost certainly a lie) he said hes only got here yesterday and people who pass this street everyday confirmed hed only arrived recently. Im not sure I can place his accent accurately as Henanese but think hes from somewhere in the North, definitely not from Yunnan or Sichuan.

　　This is all we know. There are several other kids around doing the same thing. One of them is older and has been here several years (that one has two broken legs and wouldnt let me take a photo of him). Some locals said they have contacted the police and the mayors office but nothing was done about this.

　　So if you can think of a way to help identifying and helping this kid and other like him please do so: add few words in Chinese, post this or send to more friends in the media or the blogsphere or anything else that you think might be helpful in making noise and shaking some government or police butts.

　　In a bit of a hurry. Many thanks for your time.

　　Warning: The photos are not easy to look at.

　　各位好。

　　附件里的照片是今天下午我在中国云南省丽江老城门口拍摄的。这里是一处交通拥挤、行人（主要是游客）如织的街道。

　　图片里的男孩是个功夫乞丐，做着让人吃惊而危险的旋转动作。我们不知道操控他的人在哪里。

　　简单问了问这个孩子，他说父母在河南，他今年7岁，是自己来丽江的（这几乎可以肯定是在撒谎）。他说他昨天刚到这里，而过路的知情者确认他是最近来的。

　　我不能通过口音确认他来自河南，但是，能断定他来自北方，绝对不是云南或四川。

　　这就是我们掌握的所有情况。附近还有几个孩子做着类似的事儿。其中一个大一点儿，已经在这里好几年了（其中一个失去双腿的孩子不让我拍照）。部分当地人说，他们联系过警方和市长办公室，但是，他们无所作为。

　　所有，如果你们有什么路子可以确认这些孩子的身份并帮助他们，写几个中文字，公布出来或者发送给更多的媒体朋友、博客网站，或者通过其他你们认为能引起政府或警方注意的方式帮帮他们。

　　这事有点着急，非常感谢占用你们的时间。

　　警告：照片不堪入目。

他们联系过警方和市长办公室，但是，他们无所作为。