Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:44:21 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU TISA Nkhoma, 15, is one of the children living on the streets of Lusaka – who do everything they can to survive – from stealing, carrying loads for a small fee and begging. They also wipe car windows and make a little more money through the age-old practice of prostitution. She has been living on the streets for the past two years after she lost her mother, and her father married another woman who allegedly mistreated her. “I decided to live in the street when my mother died because my father married another woman who used to beat me. One day, she threatened to kill me, so I decided to leave the house,” Tisa said. She told the Daily Nation that she holds the hand of “Mama Zerosi”, a blind woman in her 50s and begs for money through car windows for survival. But Tisa […]
