Ali, comes from a family of nomads; hailing from Sialkot;
living in a slum on the outskirts of Lahore. On asking about how their
community gets affected by their nomadic lifestyle that leads people to
perceive them as 'social outcast', he said,
"Belonging to the social outcast is never easy; the
people here are labelled as criminals, sluggish and lazy."
There, in the slums, the children spend a majority of their
time outdoors. The breadwinner of the house arranges for wood early in the
morning for fire to cook food. With a single room being occupied by over six
people, things can become quite claustrophobic.
The wood is burnt in the same
rooms that the children sleep in. The smoke affects their immune systems,
making them vulnerable to pneumonia and bronchitis. Open water containers birth
diseases like malaria and dengue.
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