My community is called Kibera (Katwera) where I have friends who are affected emotionally and physically.
Here in our community we normally pass through many problems which we go through together with our parents.
In our community we do have many street boys and some are becoming street boys because of drug abuse, eg bhang, changaa etc.
It makes them get mad (crazy) and they start walking naked all over and shouting for nothing and after all they forget their home’s they start sleeping in the vibanda (stalls where vegetables are sold during the day).
Some of the girls in the community when they use those drugs they engage themselves into unplanned sex, or get raped. That’s where they get diseases like sexually transmitted diseases, HIV or they get pregnant. Then they get abortions.
Still we do have street children and people who are HIV positive and they are suffering. They lack somebody to advice them so they loose hope in their lives and they start spreading HIV even to young generations. The community is getting spoiled.
We need help to deal with such issues. Like if us young generation can get something to do like courses or a business.
That would be good because we wouldn’t get anytime to use drugs or to hustle in a way of prostitution.
I would like to advice young generations in other communities to be careful about drug abuse cuz we are getting mad (crazy) because of something which cannot help our family back at home.
Instead of spoiling our health in such things, we get addicted, and we gain nothing in life.
