“It all began very suddenly, but the cause was far from recent. The unexpected pain in my stomach caused me to vomit during the night and I would fall in and out of consciousness.
In November 2009, the Campaign of Israel was announced in the UCKG HelpCentre and I had decided to take part in it to transform my financial situation.
“It’s a boy!” the doctors told me as they placed my baby boy in my arms. I held him and sighed, “The pain was worth it.” He looked so cute with his big brown eyes and soft skin. I simply fell in love with him and named him Kimathi…
It was a beautiful sunny day and you could hear the birds chirping in the trees. The laughter of the little boys and girls filled the street with the chimes of their bicycle bells echoing in the air. Ana Nascimento woke up to this but she had no idea what news awaited her. For her this was going to be just like any other day – or was it?
When my sister died of cancer I was devastated but I refused for the same to happen to me…
Around the age of 10-11yrs old, I got picked on a lot. I would get picked on for being too dark, wearing braces, being very tall (I was the tallest in the class) and, on top of that, for having a very long African name. These things slowly started to have an effect on me. By the time I became a teenager, I couldn’t approach people because I didn’t believe in myself.
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