A Migrant’s Diary

Dear Diary,Hello, my name is Lucas and I am a migrant. I am the oldest of eight children and we stop on a elfin stir in the Hills of Kenya. Tomorrow I go away drive to leave my Family to execute to the capital city capital of Kenya. Here I work on our sm all told patch of land with my Mother and Father, the only problem is that e rattlingthing is wankting worse. in that respect ar so many in my Family that we havent got enough food to food e trulyone. That is why I must go. I will try to puzzle work to earn some money and past site it too my Family to help them. We rely on the Weather to be able to bugger off crops that this is normally non authentically successful. The weather present is rattling bad for our crops because mostly t present be either Droughts or Floods.The shape of the soil is real poor and our crops die actually quickly. Because we full of life on high land it is hard to grow crops because of all the slopes. I am real excited to go because I will promisefully be able to help my Family just also a art object crazy because maybe I will not nevertheless find a Job. I have heard that Nairobi has quite a bevy of jobs on offer so I wish I will find one. Very many people live out here in the Countryside exclusively not genuinely many people live in the city. More and more(prenominal) than Migrants selfsame(prenominal) me are moving to the city. I hope the People in Nairobi will be small to me and not make me feel down. I do not manage to leave my Family but I have to, so that they will be able to survive. I must go now to get educate for Tomorrows leave.GoodbyeLucasDear Diary,I have just arrived in Nairobi and I am precise impressed at what it give ears like. The Journey here was very long, Tiring and bumpy and I am glad I have got some fresh air to breathe now. I am now waiting for my cousin to meet me here. Most buildings here are very small and are made of Iron. It looks quite clean here but there are a galvanic pile of piles of combat outside the Houses. The people here wear much better timbre c destinyhes and they look a care richer than I do. The city is strengthened on very low Land and so it is very balmy to build houses.There are some higher buildings but I cannot see any Skyscrapers of any kind. There is a lot more Traffic here than were I used to live. The people here look much more busy and I cannot see any Farms. I think they work in Offices, Hospitals, Schools and shops. I have a lot of hope that I will get a Job even if it is only small but I need to save my Family. The City looks much bigger than the Countryside. There seem to be a lot of People crowded in one little space. I hope that my cousin will induce soon because I am beginning too feel very nervous. Oh, there she comes, I will save up to you later.Goodbye.LucasDear Diary,I am now in my cousins house and I am not very pleased. I thought that I would live in a really subtle house, because my uncle told me that she was doing really well but it doesnt seem like it. The House is very clean but very small. She calls it a shanty house and there is lots of rubbish outside and a river of sewage is running outside. There is no Electricity or clean Water and I cant believe anybody could live like this. The Walls are made from mud and the Roof from Iron. It is very hot in the daylight and very cold at night. There are a lot more Jobs here, which is what I was looking for, but the ground here is not ideal for farming either. I have written a earn to my Family describing what it is like and that I am searching for a Job. Every day I go out and look for a Job, but it is very hard as I am a Migrant. The Offices, Schools, Hospitals and Shops are a lot clean than the Shanty Houses. Well I will bring out more Later.Goodbye.LucasDear Diary,I have now been looking for a Job for 4 workweeks and I became very desperate. My Family have been asking whats difference on and I told them that I could nt find anything, but my cousin was destiny me. It is very hard to find a Job because all I know about is farming and there are no Farms in the City. But yesterday a man came up to me and asked if I would like to work for his cleaning Company. I was so pleased that I state yes without Thinking First. I am so happy that I have found a Jog.I only get paid very poorly but it is still better than working on the Farm. I will get my first amount of money next week and that Money will go straight to My Family. I have already sent them a Letter. I work as a cleaner on the streets of Kibera and have to pick up the Rubbish that is left in front of all the Houses. It is not very nice to do but I need to bring some money to the Family. I hope that they will be Pleased with the Amount I send. Being a Cleaner is very hard work and I work 11 Hours a day. All the rubbish outside the Houses makes me feel a bit sick but apart from that Im O.K. I will write more later.Goodbye.LucasDear Diary,I have k now been working for 3 calendar month and have been sending Money to my Family every Week. My sister said that she is very impressed and wants to come to work here as well. I wrote a Letter to her that said something like this.Dear Sister,I am very pleased to hear that you would like to come and live with me and help me. I must tell you though that the City isnt as great as you think. The shanty houses are very clean inside but very Dirty outside. As I have previously told you I am a Cleaner and I have to pick up all the Rubbish people leave outside. You might need to get the same Jog as me but if you are Lucky you will get a Different one. Working here is great but very Hard.I hope you will come so that we can send even more money to the Family and maybe sometime I could be them a Visit when you are working. If you tell me when you will arrive then I can come and Pick you up at the mass Station. I hope the whole Family is well. Please write back as soon as Possible, to tell me al l Information. There are a lot more Shops here and better health care. Please come to visit because I am starting too fell very lonesome(a). Even though I live with my Cousin Im still Lonely because I never see her as she is working at nighttime and I am working at Day. The City is very nice and Different so Please Come to Visit.Goodbye,Your Brother Lucas.I am so happy because she wants to come and Visit me. I am really starting too fell Lonely and It would be great if she came, so I am holding Fingers crossed. I am sorry but I will have to go to work now.