Samantha (ENG)

Hallo, my name is Sam.. Everyone calls me Sam, but my real name is actually Samantha George, and I got a certificate for ballroom dancing when I was only five years old. I still jump and dance to wherever I want to be. Myself and some of the other kids sometimes sing...

Naasir (ENG)

Hallo, my name is Naasir… The kids shout at me and call me Bunny. It is very ugly to call someone that, but they do it anyway… I stay with my great grandmother and I am nine years old. I realise now that life has not turned out like I thought it would. My mother is a...

Maruwaan (ENG)

Hallo, my name is Maruwaan… I am one of seven children from different fathers, but we have the same mother. We are actually six now after my brother was shot on Christmas day last year. It was a bad day, and everything was all mixed up. My baby brother is very cute,...

Joseph (ENG)

Hallo, my name is Joseph… I was very excited when I saw that new people moved to our street. I immediately walked over to the house when I saw that renovations were being done. I was 14 years old and did not go to school anymore. It was only a couple of women who were...

Jerome (ENG)

Hallo, my name is Jerome… I really just can’t sit still. There is a lot of shouting at me in school because of this, but I just can’t.  By now I have learned to roll my eyes if people get annoyed, because then I do not have to see how they get red in the face. My...