Author: Bikala Ali

Patience* is 11 years old and comes from a village near the city of Jinja. She lived with her auntie because, after her father had sadly died in a car accident, her mother had…

Prossy* comes from a slum area of Jinja.  She is 17 years old. She was raised by a single mother where she was the eldest of 6 children. Prossy grew up with…

Adroa* is 16 years old and comes from a large family. His father is married to four wives and has 20 children and they are all staying in the same…

S.A.L.V.E. International is an NGO working to improve the plight of street connected children in Jinja and to ensure that there is “No Street Called Home”. S.A.L.V.E. runs a variety of services, including <a...

Abbo* is 14 years old and currently living with her grandmother and one sibling in a slum area of Jinja. This area is also used as a decomposing place for all the… Read more

A broken family

Growing up with step-parents can be hard if there is contention between the parents.

Jonah’s* story starts when he got separated from… Read more

Social workers and psychologists have always been interested in how parents affect their child’s development, but finding the definate cause and effect links between the specific actions of parents and the later… Read more

Sometimes we keep distance from our friends, family and relatives who would be the best persons to help us be the best of ourselves in life and they lose interest towards us due to…