Private Story
Vanessa Mulondo
Vernon, my younger brother, is 15 years old. He suffers from breathing-related health issues, which bring on allergic reactions. At times it gets very serious and his breathing is affected so badly that he needs to use an inhaler or nebuliser. As a family, we have come to learn that the air we breathe has a great effect on Vernon’s health, and when we get out of the city and into the village for a couple of days it is clear how much his health improves. Vernon believes that air pollution needs to be reduced and that people should stop burning things that produce Carbon Monoxide. “I think we should really reduce how many trees we cut down as well because they help to clean up the air when it is polluted,” he says.
My family has learned the hard way the importance of being aware of what we produce and how it affects us and the environment. I believe that reducing the amount of air pollution in our environment begins with us as individual
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