Memoir
— It was a bright morning. I was lying in bed in a room built of uncooked bricks. Nothing but a plastic sheet for protection. My mother, my little brother and...
— I was coming home from football training one brisk January evening when I met a tall, brown man with dreadlocks on his head. He was wearing a white shirt and...
— Thank you for sharing this powerful story with us. Could you tell us about what inspired you to write it? I wrote this story because of the life we’ve been...
— When I was twelve years old, in 2017, my family and I fled from Democratic Republic of Congo due to food insecurity. We came to Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda...
— In 2009, I lived with my family in a village called Baraka in Congo. We were a family of five: my father, my mother, and my two younger brothers, Omari...
— I was sitting at home with my mother one Friday morning when my phone rang. “Blandine, can you come over? I want to talk to you,” said the voice on...
— Thank you for sharing this powerful story with us. Could you tell us about what inspired you to write it? When I came to this program, it was not how...
— My siblings and I were sitting in our home discussing how you can talk to your parents to make them trust you more. My sister Maria said, “Our parents think...
— A young runner battles self-doubt and physical exhaustion while competing against 349 other girls at the cross-country Junior Olympics in Texas.
— A boy leaves his childhood apartment and playground behind, struggling with loss before slowly transforming his sterile new home into a place that holds his memories.