Like many others operating a street stall, Papy Kalume's livelihood is precarious. Despite the challenges, Kalume finds that running his own business is still more profitable than working in a hair salon.
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00:00It's a pirate market, there are times when you have to run away with your stories, the
00:14police arrive.
00:15Take the luggage, the mirrors can break.
00:18The hairstyle that I master the most, we call it the cowboy, which is often the president's
00:28hairstyle.
00:29We clean everything completely, with the blade, we clean everything with all the bars.
00:59We sell everything, the mirrors.
01:03There are times when we have to ask for money, but we don't have any money, the problem is
01:11with the police.
01:12We don't have any money to organize our life, but once we get out of the salon, the police
01:19have the advantage.
01:20I don't want to go to Canada, I don't want to go there.
01:31It's like a pirate market.
01:34There are small taxes to pay.
01:50For more information, visit www.fema.gov