{"id":73724,"date":"2026-01-07T23:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gabon\/politique\/profession-mendiant"},"modified":"2026-01-08T01:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:48:12","slug":"profession-mendiant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gabon\/toutes-les-actualites\/profession-mendiant","title":{"rendered":"Profession, \u00ab mendiant \u00bb !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gabon. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Toujours plus visible et davantage grandissant chaque anne\u0301e, le phe\u0301nome\u0300ne de la mendicite\u0301 a\u0300 Libreville intra-muros suscite interrogations et inquie\u0301tudes, en me\u0302me temps qu\u2019il interpelle la socie\u0301te\u0301, notamment les autorite\u0301s et services compe\u0301tents, car il met en lumie\u0300re des proble\u0301matiques sociales profondes qui touchent de\u0301sormais de plein fouet de nombreuses familles gabonaises. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Au cours des dernie\u0300res anne\u0301es, le nombre de personnes en situation de mendicite\u0301 a conside\u0301rablement augmente\u0301 dans la capitale. Circonscrit nague\u0300re en des endroits spe\u0301cifiques de la capitale, puisant ses \u2018\u2019agents\u2019\u2019, principalement au sein des communaute\u0301s e\u0301trange\u0300res, le phe\u0301nome\u0300ne gagne dangereusement du terrain dans le Grand Libreville, avec l\u2019apparition en nombre de sujets gabonais.<\/p>\n<p>Hommes, femmes, enfants, jeunes et vieux, personnes valides ou handicape\u0301es, que de mendiants surtout visibles aux abords des grandes surfaces, dans les marche\u0301s, administrations et institutions, tendant la main pour mendier aide et charite\u0301.<\/p>\n<p>Cette situation est souvent le re\u0301sultat de la pauvrete\u0301, du cho\u0302mage, de l\u2019e\u0301rosion continue des valeurs traditionnelles et morales ; et surtout l\u2019inefficacite\u0301 des filets sociaux e\u0301tatiques.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Avant, les mendiants e\u0301taient principalement des personnes en situation de handicap ou des ne\u0301cessiteux. Aujourd\u2019hui, me\u0302me des individus capables de travailler tendent la main. On se demande bien ce que cela signifie?\u00bb, s\u2019interroge George Ondo, un enseignant rencontre\u0301 aux charbonnages, dans 1er arrondissement de Libreville.<\/p>\n<p>La situation suscite des re\u0301actions varie\u0301es au sein de la population. Si certains citoyens expriment de la compassion et souhaitent aider, d\u2019autres se montrent plus sceptiques, craignant que la mendicite\u0301 ne devienne une norme.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Cette situation est vraiment pre\u0301occupante, car on voit actuellement des petits enfants a\u0302ge\u0301s de 5 a\u0300 8 ans dans les rues. Des enfants qui he\u0300lent les passants, demandant 100 ou 200 francs. Je me demande ou\u0300 sont leurs parents? Comment peut-on laisser de si jeunes enfants errer dans les rues?\u00bb s\u2019indigne Sidonie Maba, commerc\u0327ante a\u0300 Louis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Phe\u0301nome\u0300ne nouveau, je vois me\u0302me des mamans a\u0302ge\u0301es, des gabonaises, enfants en main demander l\u2019aumo\u0302ne, alors qu\u2019elles sont capables d\u2019exercer de petits me\u0301tiers de survie ou du petit commerce pour subvenir a\u0300 leurs besoins. Ou\u0300 sont leurs familles? Que font les services sociaux? Ou\u0300 est l\u2019Etat? \u00bb, interpelle Chantal Ndong, assistance de direction dans une administration de la place.<\/p>\n<p>Tous ces plaidoyers incitent en re\u0301alite\u0301 a\u0300 l\u2019e\u0301veil de la conscience collective et a\u0300 la mobilisation des de\u0301cideurs et des acteurs de la socie\u0301te\u0301 civile pour offrir une vie et un avenir autrement plus dignes aux personnes touche\u0301es par ce phe\u0301nome\u0300ne, laisse\u0301es a\u0300 la remorque de la socie\u0301te\u0301.<\/p>\n<p>La solidarite\u0301 et l\u2019engagement collectif sont les cle\u0301s pour faire face a\u0300 cette re\u0301alite\u0301 pre\u0301occupante, aux antipodes des re\u0301alite\u0301s sociologiques gabonaises car elle confinent souvent a\u0300 la traite des e\u0302tres humains (THE), des femmes et des enfants notamment.<\/p>\n<p>Les chiffres exacts font de\u0301faut, mais la pre\u0301carite\u0301 (environ 30% de la population pauvre) et l\u2019absence d\u2019enregistrement des naissances sont des facteurs cle\u0301s, exacerbant la vulne\u0301rabilite\u0301 a\u0300 l\u2019exploitation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alph \u2019-Whilem Eslie et Frida Dodo<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Retrouvez plus d\u2019actualit\u00e9s et d\u2019analyses sur <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Gabon<\/span> sur le site <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gabon. Toujours plus visible et davantage grandissant chaque anne\u0301e, le phe\u0301nome\u0300ne de la mendicite\u0301 a\u0300 Libreville intra-muros suscite interrogations et inquie\u0301tudes, en me\u0302me temps qu\u2019il interpelle la socie\u0301te\u0301, notamment les autorite\u0301s et services compe\u0301tents, car il met en lumie\u0300re des proble\u0301matiques sociales profondes qui touchent de\u0301sormais de plein fouet de nombreuses familles gabonaises. 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