Burmese Soup Kitchen Didn't Happen!

After being approached many times by children asking for money or food we began to wonder what would become of these children in the future. The future for children on the border is bleak enough, but these children are not even getting a chance from the start. They do not go to school, are sent out in the morning and told to go and beg, steal (?) and if they don’t come home with a certain amount of money they will be in trouble. Can we provide a safe place for them, somewhere to eat, play and maybe develop good enough relationships where we can arrange for them to go to a school? If we start by giving them somewhere to go where they can get a good lunch, then we can work on the rest later. Our first "Burmese Soup Kitchen".
Whilst this seemed like a good idea, the children didn't turn up regularly, probably as they don't have watches, but also they are too busy to go to an out of the way house. Maybe they get enough food begging from "farang". Anyway, we have given up on this idea at the present, although we may come back to it at a later date.