Mustafa, 17 years old

»I live with my parents and I have two brothers.
I attended school until the fourth grade. I started to work at the age of nine and when I was ten years old, I dropped out of school because I wanted to earn money.
Today, I regret it and think that knowledge and learning are more important than money. If you only have money and no knowledge, then the money is not worth anything. You can't buy any character just with money.
Now, I would like to learn a profession.
At the age of nine I went with a friend to a saddler and after a year I worked in a shop for household goods made of plastic. After that I worked in a bakery and then in a bike shop and a print shop. One half of my salary goes to my parents and the other half I spent myself.
At the age of fifteen I stopped working, it was always the same and everything has become a routine in my life: I spent money and shopped and one day I had decided for myself that I had to learn something and should go to school.
What's most important is that the family stands together. It's not so much important for me that I have a lot of money, but that we are satisfied.
I also had contact with many addicts and I would be happy if there were fewer addicts.
I just would like to say that one should not scoff at people, who have less or act indifferently towards them, but one should help them.
We must help each other.«

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