It was Wednesday morning, as usual in the life of Joshua, as he goes about in search for scraps as part of his daily activities. He said, he wakes up around 5am and starts his daily activities, sometimes without breakfast or shower.

As at the time Voices of Africa got there, he said about three days he had not taken his bath or had a change of cloth. He appeared so dirty with a bushy hair.
Joshua said, he makes about eight to nine Ghana cedis for picking of scraps. He speaks in an interview.
Apart from picking of scraps, Joshua gets hired by some senior scrap dealers to burn waste electronic gadget to extract materials like copper, aluminum and metals of which he charges money for that.

His health is at risk not only because of the constant inhaling of the smoke but also by the toxic of the extracted materials with his bare hands. He buys water to quench his thirst after long hours of work without thinking of washing the dirt on his face and hands.

He is always surrounded by heart to inhale smoke by this activity which is harmful to his health. After a long and a hectic day for Joshua, he spends his night at a place near Agbogbloshie called the cumcomba market, on top of an uncompleted building which he uses a cardboard as a mat with about 40 of his colleagues including children. Before they get to the top of the building they use an unprotected stair way to the roof top which is bare. Climbing of the stairs is risky while the sleeping on top of the roof without any rails bordering the edge is risky.

They are also left to the mercy of the weathering condition being it rain or the wind. When asked why he sleeps on top of the roof, his answer was that, he has not other place of convient and also due to the fact that they do not have money to buy water to bath, they prefer to sleep on top of the roof for fresh air and to escape from the mosquitoes at night.

Joshua says schooling is not his priority, because he needs to survive and create a future for himself later in life if things get much better.