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I have nothing except my Soul

By Afsar Uddin

 Last week was the journalism week. My task is to interview someone in our area and I have decided to interview the homeless people in my area. Learn some interview technique from Ria chatterjee (ITV journalist). leant how to present yourself after visiting the Oath, learn how to write up after visiting telegraph and learn  how to present it online after visiting sky news and sky sports. I will try my best to use all the technique on this interview.

 I went to Stratford Centre at 7pm to interview a homeless man.

 The questions were difficult to put together at first. A lot of them were scrapped: it’s hard to ask people about one of the most difficult things in their life without coming across as patronising.

 What is your name?

 Sissay Camara

 What’s your homelessness story?

“I was homeless in 2010 when I was 20. I moved out of home when I was 19 to go live with my partner in Ilford. We dated for 11 months, in a pretty volatile relationship – I ended it and moved out of the house we were in. I went to stay with an old mate; however he was very aggressive and used to bully me a lot so I had to leave him. I then got put on the waiting list for accommodation with a young person’s housing organisation in Ilford,  But then I couldn’t get any houses or home to stay.’’

 What about your job?

‘‘Well I did really well in my A-levels but whenever I applied for jobs they rejected me somehow, I always had a dream to become an engineer. I wanted to go university but because I didn’t have income and I couldn’t get the student loan, I had to move on from education.

 Where would you like to be in a year’s time? 

 “Have a job, a house and a beautiful partner. And I know now it will be very difficult for these dreams. Peace of mind.”

Don’t lose hope. Do you feel safe? 

 ‘‘Well I feel very vulnerable. And it’s very cold now as well’’

 Tell me about the people you see every day?

 ‘‘People like me that stay with me are very nice and kind. They always share what they have. We are like a family. And people that passes us; sometimes they give us something sometimes they don’t. Some people, they view us as dirt like we deserve it but it can happen to anyone. But everyday around 8pm a charity groups comes and gives us food. God bless them.’’

 Why do you think people become homeless?

 “Because of family problems and when my mum and dad died everything fell apart and then my girl left me, my mate was abusing me, these things can pull someone towards homelessness.”

 What is the best thing that happened to you this week?

 “Got some good food and some money off passers-by’’

What words would you use to describe being homeless?

“Depressed, wanting to die, you don’t feel any good, you can’t see hope and You feel like you left out from the society’’

What is the hardest thing about being homeless? 

‘‘no shelter, no life, no future, feel like a dead person.’’

Anything you’d like me to know?

 ‘‘Not every homeless person is bad and buys drugs and alcohol. I respect people so people need to give us respect and they need to think rightfully about us.’’

 What does the word ‘home’ mean to you? 

“Everything.Comfort of family – to go out, to work or whatever – and have somebody to come home to. Not quite that simple but!!!”

What is your biggest fear? 

“My biggest fear is that I won’t be able to live. I might die soon because of the weather and needs’’

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Purposes of money

by Afsar Uddin

The development of money

Using barter to trade goods and services: Before money was created, people used a system of barter to trade goods or services.

Using items with intrinsic value as payment: The limitation of barter led people to create systems where the local community used an item they all valued as a means of payment.

Using items that represent value as money: an important stage in the development of money, then, was changing from an intermediate item that had value in its own right (an intrinsic value) to an item that represented value but had no value its own.

Using paper notes as money: China developed the idea of paper banknotes around the seventh century CE. Merchants who traded high-value goods found it impractical to carry large quantities of copper coin. Instead they deposited the coins with a trusted person, who gave them written receipts stating how much was stored in their name. Rather than paying for goods with actual coins, merchants paid by passing the receipt for the coins to the  person selling the goods, who could claim the coins in storage.

Over time, people no longer claimed the coins from storage because buyers and sellers agreed that the banknotes represented the value of the coins and would accept the banknotes as payment, knowing they could use it to make payments of their own.

Modern Payments: Most purchases are now made using coins and banknotes or by transferring electronic balances between bank accounts.

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Podcast by Afsar uddin

Working with a group to make a podcast. We are making a podcast on what is trending on Twitter currently. So we went to Twitter and found that that a video was trending, it's a video where a old white man was being racist to a black woman on a Ryanair flight.

We have decided to make a podcast on that and tell our opinions. I was involve on that podcast because I was talking as a guest. Features on the as a presenters: Maya, Kenneth, Afsar.

One of our group member was recording and one of our group member was taking a video.

We took around 20 videos and 20 recordings to make it perfect. Our producer Mayran who was concentrating on the voice and making sure that the recording is perfect.

Beulah who is on a duty of editing. I am helping her by telling her which music to chose, what sound would be better etc. And I am there if she needs any other help.

Ali is our video editor and I am telling him to make the video perfect with the sound (recording) and I am here to help him as well if he needs it. I am also going to check once he done his video editing because if I don't like it I will tell him to change it.