Drug overdose claims the lives of 8 street kids over 2 months

Worrying signs are emerging after revelations that 8 street kids have died due to drug overdose over the last two months.

Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Sashi Kiran says she has met with the wheelbarrow boys at the Nadi Market, and they say they have witnessed what happened to the 8 boys.

They say they wish to change the way they live.

Kiran says some live on the streets, some roam the streets and go home, many are skilled - plumbers, tile layers, welders.

The Assistant Minister says they have agreed to have a few consultations and training to help them with de-addiction, financial literacy and reintegration into work life.

There are also suggestions of working in a cooperative.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has committed to working with these young men find a better life.