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CYNTHIA MAPESA Because of poor-ness, children get married early because their parents have nothing to feed them. The parents don’t have clothes for them, not even when the girls have their period. So our children marry early and get pregnant. And people in Kenya are...
EVERLINE NA BOLA When my last son was born, he was only three months old when my husband died. My husband left me in a House of Grass. After a short period of time, my house fell down because the grass had rotted. I stayed in that house when one side was falling in....
PATRICIA FAITH We have other areas that lack water, like Turkana and Bahria. This place in Kenya they have a low population due to the lack of water and some basic needs. The animals there are dying. In other areas, they have hospitals but without medicines, which...
JESSICA MBAI My mom was the first wife. My father loved his second wife more than my mother. My mom continued to encourage us that we must love our dad. After a short period of time, my mom left her marriage and went searching for a job in order to provide for us. The...
PASTOR PAULINE ATITWA When I returned back home that day, I found out that my baby boy, who was just three years old, had been beaten harshly. He bled inside his body. I took my child to the hospital, but when I reached the hospital that night, eventually, my son...
IREN INDAKWA Many people are now committing suicide, leaving their families without any support. When walking around the villages, you'll find that numbers of women are widows without husbands, and other children are left alone without parents. Other men are always...
FELSA WABUKO Then in 2002, I was blessed with a child, which brought happiness to my marriage. But after a short period of time, when my child was old enough, he could provide something for me—but living in a small house of grass with an additional five children that...
LILIAN MUKONYI My parents took me to the nearest hospital for a check-up and discovered I had Malaria disease. I was given the medication, but all was in vain. I continued with medication, but there were no changes to my health. They decided to take me to the witch...
ANJELINE KAEYU My husband was not faithful to our marriage at all. He left me to look after our children. I stand firm, making sure that my children are eating, learning, and being clothed. I was the one to provide for my family. In 1995, my husband passed...
ELIZABETH CHISEKA We need to stand like winners in our faith and tell ourselves that we are stronger than we think and smarter than we know. To my lovely younger self, I tell you that everything in Christ will be well with faith. “Hope in the shadow of fear is the...
