Hope for Mafuza
There is a cloud of sadness that seems to hover over Mafuza. A few years after she was born, her father abandoned her family to take a second wife. Her mother is disabled. and limps to work each day [...]
Meet Halima
Halima was only 3 years old when her father was killed in a tragic car accident. Her mother had no source of income to support the two of them, so she moved to Dhaka to work. [...]
Hope for Ayesha – Project Bangladesh
Ayesha is a Muslim girl who was only a baby when her father left. Her mother remarried, but her new stepfather refused to take her, and her father abandoned her. Ayesha went to live [...]
I am Amos
My wakeup call crows at the crack of dawn and as I pry my eyes open and rise up off the hot dirt floor I know what’s in store for the hours ahead. I step [...]
Ronald and Dickens- Stories from the first
We ran. We ran as fast as we could. The screams were piercing my ears. I couldn’t look back. I didn’t want to look back. I just ran, with my baby brother clamped [...]
First Encounters – Monica
I still remember her face. And I still remember the fury inside of me as I listened to Dennis tell me her story. We walked up slowly to the girl, who by no choice became [...]
Witchcraft- a story all too familiar
It was a hot summer day in Bunga Bunga village. I was attending a funeral of an acquaintance that I had done some land business with a few years back. There were hundreds of villagers [...]
Berta’s Boys
Abandoned by their father in their early years , Leo Gerardo and Juan’s lives grew increasingly difficult when their mother passed away a few years ago. Since then they have been living with their grandmother, Berta, [...]
IDP – Barlonyo Massacre
My first visit to an IDP camp was a sobering experience. An IDP (Internal Displacement Camp) is commonly set up by a government during times of war within the country. These camps are designed to [...]