a day living in an informal settlement
Hi my name is Sia, I am 11 years old and I am here to tell you about my life living in a informal settlement so let’s get started. Firstly,the worst thing when you are living in a informal settlement is how close our houses are to each other. I can’t even study after school because I can hear the conversation next door and our neighbor next door has a baby who cries a lot which is even worse. We also have no power at all it is so frustrating ,sometimes it’s so bad I have to sit under a lamppost in the streets and study. I heard of these things called “ power in a bottle”,that would make our life so much easier ,even better would be an E-khaya shack I’ve heard all about. What else is so terrible at this moment is that one of my sisters has H.I.V which is not that uncommon here since there is so much rubbish everywhere. I don’t think she will get better but I am still hopeful. Today I was so happy because my dad brought a big loaf of bread home to our family, see you don’t get a l...