I would prefer to commence with giving you all the positive factors that somehow developed the unique and courageous person I am. I would also like to outline the negative factors which I believe that have also played a major role in building my character. I will also mention the likes and dislike which you might find interesting.

Zoom in on your global map and you’ll find in Africa a well known sunny country called South Africa, further down you’ll find a big city called Cape Town. I live in a small region in Cape Town called Khayelitsha. Every month, week, or day is filled with entirely new experiences for mostly the young stars like me who love touring Khayelitsha.

Kindly allow me to take you on an imaginary tour around Khayelitsha. The first thing that forcefully grabs everyone‘s attention is the unity among the people of Khayelitsha. You’ll hear people screaming, laughing and some shouting for joy. Happiness is seen in every child’s face. Most parents may be single but I assure you they fully show their children love that even covers the role of an absent father. They are always helped by the whole community. A parent takes the neighbour‘s child as his or her own. The community churches also play a major role in sustaining the already existing unity. Sunday mornings are dedicated to teaching the children bible verses and the afternoons are for church that includes all ages. Schools, schools, schools, to me are just the most important places around, although I don’t really like school work, but true friends are made there. They keep you busy doing good things rather than sitting in the street planning some thinking about bad things.

The above are some things that keep us away from doing wrong things at a young age, but when we reach teenage stage there are huge changes taking place. The world appears as new and up for grabs. At that age you’ll see most of the teenagers starting to form small groups. In these groups they come up with all negative things that would make them more popular. Few of them join the groups because of being in need of money to sustain themselves. But most of the teenagers join because of peer pressure. Now you’ll find touring at night very different and scary. You’ll see big mobs running around trying to make the whole community small. But some of them do realise that this is just a waste of time although it is joyful because they become feared in the whole community and get a chance to even use guns, drive expensive cars and smoke all kinds of drugs just for them to feel high.

For some us who had managed or luckily escaped that kind of life, the new life is amazing every day. We live lives that the whole society prefers. We like playing soccer a lot and we often have little tournaments on Saturdays among our small local teams. We attend church every Sunday and go for bible studies on Thursdays. I personally like listening to African music and some hip-hop, but you’ll often find me listening to reggae because it some how connects me to a world which I do not know that is full of joy. Some of my friends like local music that they make themselves. They send good messages to the community and mostly to the lost youth. Every afternoon we attend a community group that bring good to the whole community. Our group is called DCYM (Delegate Children and Youth Movement). We help old people in our community with washing, groceries and painting. At school I attend good special projects like this Students for humanity project.