Isaac(15) left his fathers’s home in Otuke District in May 2018 andjoined the streets of Lira town. This was after the demise of his mother in 2017. His father married another wife who subjected him to intermittent beatings,torture and falsely accused him before his father. Isaac says,“my father would get so annoyed with me and one day he said that he would kill me if he heard anything again.This scared me so much that I ran to the streets in Lira town in a bid to save my life..“
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Stressful moments in life can be a disaster often leading to poor health conditions more so when a hand is lacking. Mary K (62), is lives in a mud and wattle structure with six (6) orphaned grandchildren of her late daughters whose paternity is even unknown.
David, 16 years-old is brown stout and muscular teen from railway quarters, Walukuba-Masese division, in Jinja town, Eastern Uganda. He is raised by a single mom along with his two siblings after their father deserted their home.
Misery is nearly inevitable when families grow large to include dependent extended relatives and worse off when the earnings of the sole breadwinner collapse. This may further be aggravated by the cultural and religious restrictions the family members accord with. In the case of Zuliyat (38), we can say, “she is reveling in her revealed potential”.
Mateba Vincent is a 17 year old who has spent 5 years on the streets.
He hails from Mwongot village in Sironko district. He came to the streets because his family was facing constant torture, discrimination and harassment from the neighbors who sold them land. The father had bought a piece of land and came to stay on it.
Usually children in touch with street-life once re-integrated tend to look ahead with optimism. Unfortunately, for Asha Kiyonga (19), it has been quite twisted as she has had to go through a hard treat –obstacles, hardships and limitations to life earlier in her childhood.
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