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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>We ask for discounts every time we want to buy something from marketeers and street vendors, not knowing the silent battles they are facing. James Sakala, an 8 year old boy who has been selling groundnuts for almost a year to support his paralyzed grandmother with house rentals has called for well wishers to help his grandmother so that he can concentrate on school only<\/p>\n

After Meeting the Helga Matanda Anscombe Foundation the boy and the grandmother explained that he was abandoned by the Mother who only left him by his grandmothers place who\u2019s also struggling with stroke,he says he\u2019s currently in school doing grade 1 but his mostly absent because of trying to raise money for rentals through ground nuts sells as it is the only means of income they have.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. We ask for discounts every time we want to buy something from marketeers and street vendors, not knowing the silent battles they are facing. 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