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Lived experience, told in the first person.
In-depth story: Rising from Rock Bottom – How This Ambassador for Good Governance Found Her Purpose and is Inspiring Change
After many years of success as a planning strategist for local and global organizations like the Africa Centre for Research and Technology, Plan International, UNICEF and United Nations, and helping African governments like South Sudan stabilize, she found herself out of work and robbed of nearly all her possessions – changing the trajectory of her life and forcing her to start
TWSC Submission: Traumatized By My Own Family
My name is Flora Nkatha Mugao. I was born and raised in Tharaka, Kenya. I attended Gekondi Primary School. I was a bubbly kid and had a normal childhood in a closely-knit family. My parents were both teachers. My mum taught in a primary school while my dad taught in a high school. We had neither too much nor too little. One thing that my mother always said whenever we lacked fo
Acid Attack Survivor Reveals How She Learned to Love Herself Again
Flavia Nampiima was headed home from evening lectures at the university she attended in Uganda when a masked man followed her into my father’s compound and threw acid on her face. It was night-time and no in her family was at home that night.
How This Teen Mom Found Her Footing as a Single Mother
Becoming pregnant at the age of 14 was never in Tecla’splans, but due to naivety and peer pressure, it happened. Tecla grew up in a small mining town in Zimbabwe calledKadoma. Her parents separated when she was three years old, so her grandparentstook care of her. By the time she was in Grade 5, she was an orphan.
The Best Advice I Received on Grieving my Mother
Losing a mother is one of the most terrible things that could ever happen to anyone no matter how old they are. Relatives and friends may try to fill the gap, but it is never the same.
Pregnant and Rejected: Lessons Learned Through Disappointment and Heartbreak
Lilian Choruwa is a bubbly mother of two and a grandmother of one. Life is good now, but when she was 20, she found herself pregnant and alone, with no one to turn to.
How This Respectable Banker Found Herself Imprisoned, Fought to Clear Her Name and Now Helps Women Rebuild After Incarceration
After serving one year in prison for a crime she did not commit, the reality of life behind bars for women in Kenya haunted her. Compelled to make a difference, she chose to dedicate her life towards helping women caught up in the judicial system.
Founders of Twin Connect Solutions Serve Up Double the Flavour in Tasty Treats and Empowerment
Twins Tafadzwa and Tatenda Rungisa, who are celebrating their 27th birthday today, are climbing the ladder of success one treat at a time and building a name for themselves as multi-talented businesswomen.
“Endometriosis Warrior” Discusses Thriving Despite Living with Excruciating Pain
Tinevimbo T. Matambanadzo, also known as Tine Mataz, spent years searching for answers for her intense periods. Finally, a doctor took a loser look and diagnosed her with endometriosis. Despite debilitating pain, this 28-year-old Zimbabwe native who holds a cum laude graduate degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Community and Health Psychology, is living her be
A Second Chance
Fortunate Moyo claims her first husband abused her emotionally, financially and physically during the course of their 3-year marriage.
From Refugee to Fashion Designer
Tabisha Esperance was born in Goma, DRC in May 1990. When she was a child, Congo was plunged into a devastating civil war which officially ended in 2003, although fighting continued in the eastern part of the country, which led to many of the country's nationals fleeing to other countries. One of them was Esperance.
Fighting till the End: How this News Anchor Cared for Her Special Needs Child as a Single Mother
Since 2014, she has been presenting the news in one of the vernacular languages of Kenya, Kikamba. Being a news anchor has been her dream since completing her education. It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get here. And along the way, she lost the most precious gift of all: her child.