Life in the Slums
Life In The Slums
Plan
Intro:
Life is tough living in the slums, but I 'm used to it now so it 's not as hard as it was when we first moved here. Especially considering we were looking to come to the city for a better lifestyle, and to have a better chance for my parents to get a job, and for my siblings and I to go to school. My name is Anikal and I 'm 13, I have 3 older brothers, and one younger sister.
Para 1: living conditions and hygiene and population density
Moved to Mumbai 4 years ago looking for a better life- ended up in slums
It is basically a tip where we live
It 's so crowded- 56% of residences have 3 or more people living in a single room
It 's so dirty, it smells (although we are used to it now)
People evacuating their bowls in the middle of the streets- 5 million residents don 't have access to toilets
We don 't have showers we have to find little pools to clean off in- they 're generally dirty water
It is a tough life to get used to- nothing is easy
We were playing cricket on a big stretch of concrete and the police came chasing after us- we had to run and weave through the slums
Para 2: work and employment opportunities and school and exploitation of children
We originally moved to the city for the reasons of work and schooling
My siblings and I get to go to school twice a week as that 's all we can afford
We all have to work to get enough money for our family to eat, and to go to school
It can be tough labor a lot of the time for little amounts of money
We are working towards starting a business selling stuff- we aren 't sure what yet
There aren 't many opportunities in the slums for work, so you have to take anything you can get
We thought there would be a lot of opportunities in Mumbai
There are in the main city, but very few in the slums
We have to go around asking everyone if there 's anything we can do for them to earn a little bit of money
We don 't get to keep that money for ourselves, we give it to mum
Plan
Intro:
Life is tough living in the slums, but I 'm used to it now so it 's not as hard as it was when we first moved here. Especially considering we were looking to come to the city for a better lifestyle, and to have a better chance for my parents to get a job, and for my siblings and I to go to school. My name is Anikal and I 'm 13, I have 3 older brothers, and one younger sister.
Para 1: living conditions and hygiene and population density
Moved to Mumbai 4 years ago looking for a better life- ended up in slums
It is basically a tip where we live
It 's so crowded- 56% of residences have 3 or more people living in a single room
It 's so dirty, it smells (although we are used to it now)
People evacuating their bowls in the middle of the streets- 5 million residents don 't have access to toilets
We don 't have showers we have to find little pools to clean off in- they 're generally dirty water
It is a tough life to get used to- nothing is easy
We were playing cricket on a big stretch of concrete and the police came chasing after us- we had to run and weave through the slums
Para 2: work and employment opportunities and school and exploitation of children
We originally moved to the city for the reasons of work and schooling
My siblings and I get to go to school twice a week as that 's all we can afford
We all have to work to get enough money for our family to eat, and to go to school
It can be tough labor a lot of the time for little amounts of money
We are working towards starting a business selling stuff- we aren 't sure what yet
There aren 't many opportunities in the slums for work, so you have to take anything you can get
We thought there would be a lot of opportunities in Mumbai
There are in the main city, but very few in the slums
We have to go around asking everyone if there 's anything we can do for them to earn a little bit of money
We don 't get to keep that money for ourselves, we give it to mum
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