“When I see the children of rich people, I feel like I’m one of them”

It is A Sorry view. He was Tuesday Morning. They move together In pairs. They are boys of A average age of 13. With a few Chains of magnet, they sniff around, as he were, For used metals In gutters, heaps of refuse, drainage, roadsides, just anywhere below THE burning sun. To welcome has THE world of teenager scavengers In oil And rich in gas, but impoverished Warri, Delta Status.

Look dirty And sweaty, Pie Prey Gift And Rock Doser, detained A long chopped, plow A to go up of sand by THE side of the road of Etuwewe In Warri, Warri South Local Government of Delta State. THE area is not it A slum; but It is A blend of sprawling wealth And abject shortage. SATURDAY Tribune, on observation THE duo, approach them For A cat. Although It is Christmas season, students are Already has House For vacation – A time SO important For THE children, of which parents are indigent, has hustle For survival Before school resumes.

A of THE two Free has talk First of all: "My name East Pie (Prey) Gift. I am 15 years old. I am In SS1, Social Sciences class. I as English Language. I generally to have excellent In he. I am A Ijaw boy Since Ayakoromo-Agbekobo In Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State." He looks neglected Since head has toe – A bloody absence of a few kindergarten touch hovers through A boy, WHO However, aspire has be A doctor without offer science topics.

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Her background East her albatross. While THE father jostling has Ayakoromo, A Ijaw coastal city by THE River Niger, Pie East LEFT has navigate through life all alone In Warri, having lost her Mom has THE cold hands of the death on A decade There is. He practically began has repel For himself earlier In life.

"My dad East has Ayakoromo Or he works. I lost My Mom September 25, 2012. Were Seven In My family. Five boys, two girls.

"My dad sell kerosene In THE river. My elder sister East married. Others are In THE village.

"I to want has be A doctor. I as has to have My hospital. I will be need help has accomplish this.

"I hustle by picking iron metals around city. We sell he has Etuwewe. We sell In kilos. I TO DO about 1,500 naira Or N1000 by day. A kilo East N130. I can get ten kilos, Sometimes, by day.

"I to use THE money has eat And take care of myself. I don't do it know if My dad knows I TO DO This. Although he pay My school costs. He is not always has House. But even if he knows, SO far I am not flight, he wouldn't he to move," he note with A will have of indifference.

that of Pie colleague In THE cleaning hustle was A little shy in front of the camera. Rock Doser East Also Ijaw, but of THE Arogbo action In THE coastal part of Ondo Status.

He speak : "I am Rock Doser Since Arogbo-Ijaw, Ondo State. I am 15 years old. I live has Ogbodu Street has Kpolokor area. Were four Before My younger sister is dead.

"I to want has be A tailor. I as drawings. I will to start learning adaptation following year. My parents pay My school costs. I am A science student.

"If I go has school Or not, I to want has be A tailor. My Mom bought kerosene In THE river has sell. My Mom knows I am jostle. My father East In THE village while My mother East In Warri here. My Mom knows I hustle. »

Both Pie And Rock are some products of A fail Company. They to have learned, Also early enough has take their fate In their own hands if they must survive In A unfair world.

As Pie And Rock, a lot disadvantaged children through THE country could go unnoticed, hungry And anger during THE festivities while their counterparts In rich houses to have amusing In excess.

How they feel When they see their age friends Since influential houses In Dear, fully air-conditioned SUV while they sweat around cleaning used metals has TO DO ends meet?

Pie was fast has to intervene so:

"When I see children of rich people, I feel as be A of them. They are lucky. I wouldn't he know Why My dad doesn't go has school. »

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