THE WOES OF THE STREET FOLKS
Our lives and destinies are not tied up
forever on the streets. There are innumerable
reasons that has ended us to what society think as social misfit. We
believe that everyone is responsible for his or her own life and the decisions
they make but unfortunately life has taken its stiletto hill against us but to
some extent our situations are shared failed responsibilities from our part,
our families, our society and the State.
Our lives have been coined into
proverbs and by-words. It is not our desire to be on the streets ‘aimlessly’
but for whatever reason we find ourselves in this place.
Will we forever be the errand ‘boys’
for the men and women of affluence?
Will we forever be the tools of evil perpetuation in the hands of politicians?
Will our families continually neglect
us thinking we are misfits?
Will we die without fulfilling our
dreams?
We believe that someday Providence will
locate us and the tables will turn in our favor.
There are all manner of acts undertaken
by street folks. Some of us hassle to
make ends meet; some of us smoke all kinds of herbs to get agitated to confront our
fears; some of us drink all kinds concoctions to forget our worries; some of us
engage in promiscuity to survive and
also to compensate broken homes; some of us risk our lives to smuggle banned
drugs to enrich the ‘elites’.
Folks who are privileged sometimes
think we are useless. NO! WE ARE NOT USELESS
WE ARE VERY HARD…. OUR SKIN IS VERY
TOUGH…NO PARASITE CAN KILL US- HAHAHAHA…
Our place of abode is nothing of any
standard, that notwithstanding we are comfortable because oneday our desired
breakthroughs will be manifested.
The courts, prisons, CID offices, BNI offices,
Bolster homes have always been our source of recreation and attention to the
society. When the media houses have no stories, they resort to our past acts to
make up for empty spaces.
Just a little caution to the numerous
misrepresentation that those on the streets are crooks or charlatans.
Some of these bad acts heard are
propelled by laziness, hunger and greed among some of us.
Who will come to our aid seeing we have
been rejected? PROVIDENCE WILL PLEAD FOR OUR CAUSE
We work, work and work and pay daily
market tolls with no concern of our ‘chicken change’ stipends.
We barely have nutritional meals since
we only eat averagely once a day and in worst moments no meals at all. The writer
of this piece has been on the streets before. If I should unfold the pains, hassles
and maltreatments you will weep for me. Pushing trucks for several miles just
for a daily meal. I remember offloading cartons from a container together with
friends for almost 10 hours only to earn less than a dollar.
Our prayers have always to stop the
rains, else we will be displaced seeing our kiosks floating on the water.
Life on the streets is very hard. Our
families, Society and State has no solution for us only PROVIDENCE will come to
our aid some day.
We look forward being the heroes and
heroines of change in our continent and the world beyond.
We love you.
Samuel Elijah Boateng
President, The Central Focus
+233 279753816
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