A day in the life and home of a child in an informal settlement.

My name is Judy and I live in an informal settlement.
Today when I woke up I that if I had a proper bath then I wouldn’t have to stand up so early to rinse myself with a bucket and that takes a really long time. Sometimes I can’t sleep enough because I stand up so early and that makes me really miserable by getting up so early in the morning. Having a proper roof would make me really happy because there is cracks in my roof so when it rains the rainwater can come in and get on my homework pages when I am busy studying and then it makes I all damp and crumbled up. Since I have no shoes I walk barefoot to school so I sometimes cut myself because there is glass on the road and then my feet are really sore. It would really make it easy for me if I had shoes then I wouldn’t have to go through all that trouble. Having electricity in my house would really make it easy for me because I usually get so irritated by having to sit under a streetlamp to do my homework because there’s no electricity by my house.

Sometime yesterday when I woke up I felt really sick so then I went to the doctor. I had to stand in a really long line by the hospital to see the doctor but while I was busy waiting I felt like I was wasting my time by waiting there,it would just be so easy if I wouldn’t have to wait so long to see the doctor when I was really sick. If I could have more space in my house then it would be awesome because when my parents talk I can’t concentrate while they are talking in the same room as I am doing homework in.
Lots of the time when I go to the bathroom I don’t have lots of privacy because there’s no door by the bathroom which makes me embarrassed by the seeing me so it would be wonderful if there was a proper bathroom with a door then I could have more privacy. My roof is made out of corrugated iron so when it rains it makes a really loud noise then I can’t sleep which makes me tired the next day so if I had a proper roof that was made out of brick then it wouldn’t make such a loud noise. Some of my friends parents have died and they have to go live with other people. Having all those things would make me really happy.

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  1. Miss von Schumann29 May 2019 at 07:59

    You identified real challenges Kari. Well done for getting the real life across to the reader.

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