A Camp St beggar’s life

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Every morning, Kammerool Azeez, 71, gets up and treks down to Camp Street, between Robb Street and North Road, where she begs every passerby for help.
“A begging you for a help,” she says to all passers-by.

“I gaffa do this because I can’t work and me ent get nobody to help me. All me family dem dead out and dem who alive don’t care,” Azeez told Stabroek News in an interview.

She was reluctant to speak, preferring instead to remain on Camp Street to get some more money for the day. However, she eventually …..


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