Craig Jones
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guys will go to these tribes and either abduct kids or tell the family that they're going to bring the kids to the big city, give them an opportunity and send money or resources back. And really they just take them. And oftentimes they'll like, mutilate the kids or hurt the kids and force them to become beggars.
So the city's full of sort of like these escaped kids from the tribes and to make like, just how crazy it is, is it's like overran with hyenas. And there's actually quite another factor on that is there's quite a bit of corruption with the police. So the police, if they see any of these homeless kids sleeping, they come after them.
So the city's full of sort of like these escaped kids from the tribes and to make like, just how crazy it is, is it's like overran with hyenas. And there's actually quite another factor on that is there's quite a bit of corruption with the police. So the police, if they see any of these homeless kids sleeping, they come after them.
So the city's full of sort of like these escaped kids from the tribes and to make like, just how crazy it is, is it's like overran with hyenas. And there's actually quite another factor on that is there's quite a bit of corruption with the police. So the police, if they see any of these homeless kids sleeping, they come after them.
And if the homeless kids don't sleep in packs, the hyenas eat them, even in the capital city.
And if the homeless kids don't sleep in packs, the hyenas eat them, even in the capital city.
And if the homeless kids don't sleep in packs, the hyenas eat them, even in the capital city.
Yeah, I don't think they'll generally attack like an adult, but if they see a stray child, especially like a dehydrated or hungry, weak child, the hyenas will come for them. So the kids have to form these gangs to protect themselves from both hyenas and the police. And some of these kids were showing up to training.
Yeah, I don't think they'll generally attack like an adult, but if they see a stray child, especially like a dehydrated or hungry, weak child, the hyenas will come for them. So the kids have to form these gangs to protect themselves from both hyenas and the police. And some of these kids were showing up to training.
Yeah, I don't think they'll generally attack like an adult, but if they see a stray child, especially like a dehydrated or hungry, weak child, the hyenas will come for them. So the kids have to form these gangs to protect themselves from both hyenas and the police. And some of these kids were showing up to training.
So they generally sleep in the daytime because the police would give them less grief. And then at night, they'll be escaping the police in a hyenas.
So they generally sleep in the daytime because the police would give them less grief. And then at night, they'll be escaping the police in a hyenas.
So they generally sleep in the daytime because the police would give them less grief. And then at night, they'll be escaping the police in a hyenas.
Yeah. And Ethiopia is like Addis Ababa is quite like. I've flown through that. Yeah, it's quite there. There are some nice areas of that city. And there's definitely significantly worse parts of Africa.
Yeah. And Ethiopia is like Addis Ababa is quite like. I've flown through that. Yeah, it's quite there. There are some nice areas of that city. And there's definitely significantly worse parts of Africa.
Yeah. And Ethiopia is like Addis Ababa is quite like. I've flown through that. Yeah, it's quite there. There are some nice areas of that city. And there's definitely significantly worse parts of Africa.
Honestly, when I select matches, that's the type of opponent I would select myself. Someone who's been chased by a hyena for the last couple of weeks. Yeah, pretty much. No, the kids are awesome. They're trying to use jiu-jitsu to give them a foundation of discipline. And they're teaching them English at the same time. They have sort of a safe environment there.
Honestly, when I select matches, that's the type of opponent I would select myself. Someone who's been chased by a hyena for the last couple of weeks. Yeah, pretty much. No, the kids are awesome. They're trying to use jiu-jitsu to give them a foundation of discipline. And they're teaching them English at the same time. They have sort of a safe environment there.
Honestly, when I select matches, that's the type of opponent I would select myself. Someone who's been chased by a hyena for the last couple of weeks. Yeah, pretty much. No, the kids are awesome. They're trying to use jiu-jitsu to give them a foundation of discipline. And they're teaching them English at the same time. They have sort of a safe environment there.
But there were so many difficulties, even us filming there. Like, we were trying to film it. The Jiu-Jitsu Academy itself is within this apartment complex. And we were trying to film the kids' stories as they were speaking to the camera. And even the, like, guy that ran the apartment complex comes out being, like, asking, like,