Tag: family

Mukisa* is one of the children who we have just recently reunited with father. Mukisa spent most of his childhood with both his parents and his brother, Emma, in a happy and humble family…

My name is Samuel*, I am 17 years old and from the Musamya by tribe. Most of my life time I have grown up with my grandparents from my maternal side. My parents separated…

The 12 year old in filthy and torn clothes sits on the street, his unwashed body giving a sharp smell that testifies of months gone by without a single bath. “Uncle, May you give…

As we move into 2022 it’s a great time to stop and reflect on the year gone by and…

Community heroes

Children often provide interesting answers when asked… Read more

Five years ago I was living on the streets, drinking, taking drugs and feeling useless and hopeless; now I have found my light. My name is Zed*, I am 16 years old and… Read more

Leaving home

Emma was only eleven when he decided to run away from home, but he remembers the incident clearly. He was working on… Read more

Lost hope

This is a story about Afiya*, a single mother of 5 children, who had suffered a lot of hardship, lost hope and… Read more

A difficult beginning

Alice was one of 4 children living with a violent and abusive father. Her mother tried to be patient and asked… Read more

Simon was very young when he witnessed the cruelest incidents of war a child his age should ever have to see. It all began when his mother had to relocate to another… Read more