LOSING a parent can cast a shadow of despair over a child’s world, plunging them into uncertainty and grief. In the blink of an eye, the familiar contours of life warp and twist, leaving families adrift in a sea of challenges. When fate cruelly snatches away one of these pillars, the foundation of a child’s world trembles. For 23-year-old Emmanuel Tembo, this darkness descended upon him in 2014 when his father suddenly died. Forced to abandon his education at a tender age, Emmanuel confronted the harsh realities of survival head-on, shouldering burdens far beyond his years and with the increasing number of junkies in most compounds of Lusaka, it would be expected that a 13-year-old boy who drops out of...