Fiction

A Moment of a Thousand Laughs

By Suzane A. (Form 4) My name is Suzanne, a female aged 17 from the streets of Kisumu, near Lake Victoria. I really, really love entertaining and making people laugh, but I have come to realise that I have not done that in my articles and so,

November 17th, 2017|

Our Dreams Can Change Lives

By Stella W. (Form 3) “All dreams are valid,” these are the words of a Hollywood actress and winner of the 2013 Oscar, Lupita Nyongo. Yes, we all have dreams. No matter our age, our status, our gender, our race or even our nationality. It does not

November 17th, 2017|

The Journey of a Thousand Miles

By Christine M. (Form 3) “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful. Nothing will hinder you from attaining your set goals. Only you can change your own life. Nobody can do it for you.” Tina believed every

November 17th, 2017|

The Longshore Drift of Life

By Christine M. (Form 3) “You will be wounded many times in your life. You will make mistakes. Some people will call them failures, but I have learnt that failure is really God’s way of saying, ‘excuse me, you are moving in the wrong direction. It is

November 17th, 2017|

The Power of Self-Belief

By Lucy W. (Form 1) What others say are just opinions, unless you decide to make them facts. In one village, there lived the most beautiful princess in the whole world. When she grew old enough to get married, the king asked the people of his kingdom,

November 17th, 2017|

The Sound of Silence

By Grace N. (Form 3) Silence is crying, shouting and screaming. Silence is looking for a chance to be heard; for an ear to listen. It is the weapon they use to scare judgement from our eyes. Hiding behind the curtains, scared of shame. You will find

November 17th, 2017|

The Girl Child

By Florence A. (Form 3) For the past years the boy child has always been on the front line, and the girl child has been secluded. This makes me wonder whether girls have a place in this earth. The ironic thing is that the boy and the

November 17th, 2017|

The Real Jargon of Pain

By Stella W. (Form 3)   I still remember that journey. That tiresome journey from my village to a place I knew not. It has been embedded into my heart. It is still an ember in my dying heart. “Wake up criminal.Did you think you will lie

November 12th, 2017|

Fairyland

By Stella W. (Form 3) Before the death of my mom, she told me so much about fairies and Fairyland. I loved hearing her narrate them to me as part of my bedtime story. Every night, I would dream being in Fairyland with my fairy friends. I

November 8th, 2017|

Love and Life

By Suzane A. (Form 4) It hurts to love someone and to never find the courage to let them know and it is also painful not to be loved back. Don’t expect love in return. In our lives, these are some times when we feel like all

August 9th, 2017|