IJSRP, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2017 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Philip Samuel Kongoley-MIH
Abstract:
This paper attempts to examine the social impact of street begging on Freetown Municipality .A cross – sectional study conducted among 100 respondents composed 70 beggars,20 members of the focus group discussions and 10 key informants. Data was collected involving quantitative and qualitative approaches were used for data collection. Simple descriptive statistics were used for analyzing the data. The realized consequences of street begging were abusive languages from the public, harassments from municipal officials and police, harassment from fellow beggars, and sexual abuse, accident,etc were reported. It was recommended that to get rid of begging were getting capital to start small businesses, getting care giver for themselves and their children, getting employment and getting accommodation.