Asher D and Laura spent a week in Jamaica, visiting the S Corner clinic, an organisation Christian Aid works with.
They met Shanice Patricia, age 9, who saw her uncle being shot outside his shop. Hers is not an unusual story. People here have been fighting for years, and no-one can even remember why. What makes their lives even worse is the fact that people are living in poor conditions, with no running water, little education and no work. With nothing to do and nothing to eat people are frustrated and sometimes turn to crime to survive.
'I've never had that way of life surviving day by day,' said Asher. 'I can buy clothes and food whenever I want to. These people don't have those choices. I can't imagine not having any food in my fridge.'
In Kingston, when the fighting is very bad, people can't walk from one end of the road to the other. Children have to stay at home instead of visiting their friends after school.
The S Corner Clinic works hard to stop the fighting. One way is by using sports like netball, football and cricket. It gets children from different gangs to play together, which helps them get over their differences.
'I didn't see any big arguments on the pitch, they were all concentrating on the game!' said Asher. 'From what I can see it works, the S Corner clinic is helping people to live more peacefully together.'
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Colin Reid
Shanice Patricia (on the left)
with Asher
Colin Reid
Newsround reporter Laura talks to Asher
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