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.