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Street kid stories
"I wasn't able to stay on at school because my parents couldn't afford the cost, because some days we only have enough to eat for one meal. "I go out begging not because I want to but because I don't have any choice at the moment. "I go to the Bar Bozo and wait for what's left over from the tourists' meals so that I can fill my stomach, even if it's no good. What's important is to fill my stomach, never mind anything else. "In the future I'd like to become a fisherman, in order to earn my living and help those who haven't got enough, with the poverty that exists here, and the endless hardship of living in the town. "I know I'm not going to stay like this, if I do I'll have no dignity. "We are all poor and unworthy but we love one another." Photos, testimonies, drawings: Kader Keita/Jeunesse et Développement |
