My life in a township

Hello I am Izizwa. I live in DuNoon. I live with my mom and three brothers. My mom is a widow and works as a maid. My dad died while driving our only car, he was drunk and drove off of a bridge. I am eleven years old and my mom is twenty five.

This morning I got out of bed, and I got my school top on, I got my bag and then I went outside. Outside a maze awaited me, a maze of shacks and sheds. When I got to school I went to the hall with everyone else. Then I got to work,we all sat on the ground in a circle, we had to share one book for every fourteen children. Soon school end, I did not want to leave because I could not see anything. There are no lights or lampposts and there is glass, metal, nails and rubbish everywhere.

Sometimes I wish people would care enough to clean or thou away their rubbish. It would life a bit better for everyone. It is hard having a life in these conditions for a child like me. The only thing I can do now is go with it and ask for a proper home and school.


By:Declan McCarthy