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Dear Coach, I am girl aged 19 from a small village of Lorwana and I came to the city to live with my sister who is 28-years-old. My sister has two kids, both under the age of five.

I came to the city with an intention to look for a job but that has been a far-fetched dream since I seem to be my sister’s maid whilst not paid.

My sister is never home since she is working in a Chinese shop. She leaves home very early and comes back very late. On weekends, the time I would expect her to spend time with her children, she is often up and about with her friends, exploiting the social life. I do not have that unfortunately, but only to take care of her children.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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