The evening was freezing and I couldn’t bear with the temperatures anymore. The cold season was predicted to be cold this year around southern Africa and that claim was beginning to yield fact. I walked close to a wall hoping to harness some radiated heat absorbed from some thin sunlight of the day. It was around 8PM Zambian time and I had just left the only internet cafe in Lusaka that opens up to 9PM. I was hoping to receive an e-mail that would determine the fruition of my trip in a couple of days to Europe and there was nothing as yet. Demoralized I found myself heading for the bus stop. There few people in the city on this night, unlike the usual days when would meet guards and street kids. I began to wonder were these members had gone to. On a usual day I would leave some Kwacha(Zambian Currency) with one of them as they approach any prospective giver of their lives. I feel sorry epically for the young and parentless ones who live looking for any thing they can find in the city, in bins and sometimes garbage pits. I normally ask myself how these guys, who range from as young as three years cop up with the cold nights, especially in the cold season like now. I was wearing a jersey and complaining about the weather but one seldom finds a street kid with a warm garment. My friend Oliver and a couple of guys would confess of how ‘tough tasted’ these guys would get to be as they grow up, probably due to the rough self upbringing they endure. You will bear with me that many only experience this part of this life only during military training, they guys of the streets have it as there way of life. They have no income; few have parents as many have lost them many to the AIDS pandemic.
I headed for a corner and was suddenly greeted by a rowdy crowd of kids around a packed vehicle. My heart went past normal and the first impression I had was someone has been hit! I walked close to the crowd and realized that something else was happening, kids were leaving with plates whitened by potions of Inshima (Staple food). Laughters and not cries were coming from the scene. Two white guys decided it was time they shared a moment to see others have a different night, probably by having a descent meal for supper. I was humble and overwhelmed by their rare gesture and could not just pass by without commending them. I believe we would few and impoverished street kids if we can emulate these two white guys and if all of us, beginning with all those confined behind those tall wall fenced mansions and those driving the latest model of cars their eyes see and even those who spend money lavishly, would come to dedicate a day for themselves to share a smile with the unfortunate street persons by sharing some food or even clothes with them.
More better is a programme that would be dedicated towards a glance on Young Street persons especially in hush seasons of the year. Mean time let me go and think about how can be done and if you have any add up please fill me in.
Lets work had in helping each other especially were circumstances ware unforeseen.
Have a nice day!!!!!!!!!!!!