Essays from children around the world

On April 7 you read letters written by children of other lands. Today read what children of some other lands told reporters and editors of magazines and newspapers.

These like the earlier letters, are from my collection of newspaper clippings.

Sumana Saparamadu

Uubia Parra from South America

I am a girl from Colombia in South America. My name is Uubia Parra. I am 14 years old.I live in a farm with my parents. It is tiring to do both the school work and the work on the farm.We have to get up at half past five in the morning, to do the farm work.

The girls on the farms work much harder than the boys. We also have to do things in the house.The boys go off with their friends and play football.It is important to work on the farm. It is our duty to help our parents.

I think it is better to both work and study, not just study.









 

Mohammed Halif from India

Sometimes when no one wants shoe-shine I can't buy anything to eat, I find scraps in garbage cans. I sleep anywhere - under a bridge or the bustand. An empty garage is good.














 

Kweku from Accra, Ghana

My name is Kweku. I am nine years old. A lot of people call me small boy. But I live on my own. My work is selling chewing gum around the Orion Circle at cinema time.

I don't go to school because I have no money. My mother died when I was born. My father nobody knows. A woman gave me milk, when I was a little baby.

Now I am old, so I work. I sleep in the far night. I have no house to sleep. I sleep in the lorry in a petrol station.









 

Carolyn Doria from Philippines

I look after my two brothers and two sisters all week, while mum and dad are away working. They only come at weekends. Dad leaves me 100 pesos for expenses. I am responsible for all of us then.














 

Saheu Saho from Gambia

Saheu Saho lives on a farm in Gambia. Gambia is in the north-west of Africa. Saheu is eight years old.

He does not go to school. His father is Babou. He grows millet and maize.His mother is Fatou. She looks after the crops and the family.

Saheu's job on the farm is scaring off birds. He likes the rain.Saheu's best friend is Momo. They like playing indoor games together.


 

Faith Noni from Kenya

Some Masai people even sell cattle, so their children can go to school. They have tried as hard as they could and we owe them a lot. When I leave school, I will help them.














 

Vinton Faulkner from Jamaica

Right now, I don't have no shoes and we go hungry. I feel, better times must come one day. I have just a mind that better times will come one day. I fight for my rights.