Editorial photo #2255491 Social Issue

Poverty: The Coffee Seller Whose Daughter Passed The WHO Selection

Purwati, and Subehi (8), Monica's mother and young brother,rest in her only dorm bed without a roof on the edge of a ditch, near Pasar Senen Station, Central Jakarta, on October 11, 2017. Monica is the 15-year-old girl who invited by the UN for The WHO 8th Millestone Global Campaign For Violence Prevention event that will be held in Canada on 19-20 October 2017, after her papers was passed the selection. Monica's mother, Purwati was a homeless person who living on the edge of a ditch with her last child, Subehi (8). She works as a coffee seller near the Senen Train Station, Jakarta. She has 5 children from her 3 times marriage. Her first and second husband was died, while the last husband left her a few years ago. Monica is her 4th child who is educated in Yogyakarta province for the assistance of a philantropist. (Photo by Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto)