The Slum I am from.From

Where I am from is called the wounded city.
Teens
commonly get pregnant and have babies for common.
Dreams
dieddie just when they’re about to manifest.

Children
aboutbetween the ageages of 6-15 are sexually abused by theirthe adults around them.
Boys choose tricycle riding over school.
Where I am from there’s no safe drinking water. Drugs and alcohol
is taken inare taken as food in my community.

Where I am from, parents rely on their
girlsgirl children to provide for the family at the early age of 17.
Prostitution is another possible
waymeans of survival.

Where I am from is recognized as the least in the capital because
the majority of our parents are drunkendrunk, while the boys and girls are drugs addictdrug addicts (Zogos).

Where I am from; there is less than
a 30% chance of beingbecoming a better person in society.
Our parents are
onesome of the key contributorcontributors to our failure and low thinkingaspirations. Getting a quality education is the leastlast thing our parents think of in my community.

Children from the slum are mostly trained by what they see in their surrounding rather
then getting athan receiving any proper home training. I am from deep in the borough.

Clothes are stolen by our brothers when they’re hung on the lines after washing; criminal risk is at
theits peak because this is the only way in which the boys from my community will beare able to support themselves.
Where I am from is called the slum.

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