AA-QYM-014
Ghar se nikalte heeگھر سے نکلتے ہی
When we step out of the house: a section about walking through streets, taking space, and giving a visual form to the women speaking in the audio stories.
Audio stories
Victoria Hector
Mabel Safdar
Azra Babar
Transcript
It’s difficult to walk through the streets. The gutters are often overflowing, whenever we go to church, dressed neatly, it feels uncomfortable to pass through, especially when we are going to a sacred place, yet we arrive with dirty shoes. Even a small splash from the filth makes us feel uneasy. We leave home clean, but have to cross through this area to reach the church.
Everyone has to pass by the garbage dump, but no one in Qayyumabad seems to address it. There are no weekly visits, and no counsellor to take responsibility and ensure the area is cleaned.
When relatives visit from abroad, and whether we take them to visit our relatives or attend church, it feels embarrassing to bring them through streets lined with piles of waste. I feel shame that this is our Pakistan, that even today, some areas remain neglected, with no one stepping in to improve the situation.