When Njeri narrates her moving and effusive story, tears flow freely down her cheeks and not even the comfort she gets from her friend stops her poignant cry.

She is only 20 years, but her story would make you think she has lived more than this. Njeri is now living in a world of her own having been raised by a single mum who at the moment has totally forsaken her.

She is now a drug addict and a commercial sex worker at least to secure a living. “ I would risk anything since I have to live and this is the only way out, I take drugs to relieve my disturbed mind and face the harsh reality that my life has come to,” she says.

She started doing drugs at 13 a crucial time when she needed her mother who had already moved on with life. Her mother gave birth to her after high school but has always blamed her sorry status of life to Njeri whom the mother says messed her future since she would have achieved much more than she has.

Njeri now has been forced to live with her friend who also comes from an unfortunate background. I feel sorry for Njeri since she has no one to turn to as a mother whereas her real mum is somewhere moving on with life. What a harsh world.