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Yes I have seen you laughing at me as I ate food from the dustbin.

I have seen your look of disgust.

And even heard you say yuck.

To you I’m like litter thrown into the dustbin.

But have you thought about why I live on the streets?

Why the street is my classroom.

Think about it.

I survive on begging waving motorists into parking areas…

washing cars.

Remember.

I am tomorrow’s leader.

I who have learned about life from the streets having become streetwise

Once upon a time I had a name.

My own one.

Now me and all my friends have the same name: Street Kids.

I was abused by parents and relatives.

HIV/

AIDS left me an orphan.

Defenseless against the world.

Poverty, drought, floods, neglect led me to the streets.

Life has left me nowhere to go!

Remember.

I am tomorrow’s leader.

I who have learned about life from the streets having become streetwise

I have lots of friends on the street.

We have lots of things we share.

Hunger, fear, lack of shelter… sleeping in card board boxes.

I long for a warm, clean bed.

Warm food, love of my own name.

I long for you to laugh with me, not at me.

But who will lift me off of these streets?

Remember.

I am tomorrow’s leader.

I who have learned about life from the streets having become streetwise

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