Meet the natives of the street
The floors and cardboards have become the homes of many Ghanaians today; these people are natives of the streets. Every open space serves as a resting place for them. They come to Accra with high hopes, but after a few days their expectations fade away as reality dawns on them. Accra is not a paradise. Accra is governed by the law of survival of the fittest. Accra is a lot more expensive to live in compared to where they come from – that is the reality which hits them, but in order to avoid embarrassment back home they remain and defy the odds, doing all kinds of work to rake in a few cedis the tough way. For them, each day is another day to survive and endure. You will find them bundled up in front of shops and pavements. They sleep on cardboards laid on stinking drains as the night pierces them with cold breeze. When day breaks, they bundle up their belongings and go about their daily activities. Some are beggars, “kayayes” (head porters), shoemakers, errand boys and girls w...