So
if I go to the supermarket and I want two pounds
of sugar and cannot buy it, I have no option
but to take one. Sometimes I share my stories
with the visitors about how I grew up. How my
parents and I lived and ate. What work my father
did then and so on and they like that sort of
stuff. My father used to farm and also had a
coal pit. When I was about eight years old my
dad would make the coals and I would go to the
village to sell. The money I made I would buy
groceries to bring back home and my siblings
and I would use some of the money to go to school.
I grew up in a big family . My mother has 12
children and my dad has 16,” reflected
51-year-old Pam on her younger days.
Pam advice to the youth is that they complete
their education, get a good job and look after
themselves before considering starting a family.
She says she would like to see girls especially
looking after themselves more and not be content
with idling around with the guys or be reliant
on them but rather learn to provide for themselves,
so they could in turn provide for another.
“I would really like the government to
assist in building a small booth for me because
there are two of us selling at this location
and I sometimes have to weather a lot of rain.
So a booth would be very helpful, even I had
to pay for it every month. It’s all I
want. I enjoy working with a passion. However,
a washroom would also be nice for the tourists
because they always come and take out photos
and would ask me to use the washroom. Sometimes
I would have to send them behind a nearby bush
because I do not have a washroom close to me,
unless they are able to run to the Lime or Rituals.
So if I get this assistance from the government
it would be good for me and the tourists,”
considered Pam.
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