Editorial photo #2255511 Social Issue

Poverty: The Coffee Seller Whose Daughter Passed The WHO Selection

Purwati, and Subehi (8), Monica's mother and young brother, shows Monica's picture on the phone, 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)