Author Archive - Stone Soup

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Safe Passages, by John Fadhili

Post Published April 6, 2025 by Laura Moran

It was a bright morning. I was lying in bed in a room built of uncooked bricks. Nothing but a plastic sheet for protection. My mother, my little brother and my sister still heavy with sleep in the roo...
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The Proposition: For Love or Money, by Franklin Rhushenge

Post Published April 6, 2025 by Laura Moran

I was coming home from football training one brisk January evening when I met a tall, brown man with dreadlocks on his head. He was wearing a white shirt and a jacket.
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Interview with Chrinovic

Post Published April 5, 2025 by Laura Moran

Thank you for sharing this powerful story with us. Could you tell us about what inspired you to write it? I wrote this story because of the life we've been living in a bad condition.
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Resilience of the Heart and a Second Chance, by Chrinovic Kabeya

Post Published April 5, 2025 by Laura Moran

When I was twelve years old, in 2017, my family and I fled from Democratic Republic of Congo due to food insecurity. We came to Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda to start a new life.
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Suffering, by Charles Shika Safina

Post Published April 4, 2025 by Laura Moran

In 2009, I lived with my family in a village called Baraka in Congo. We were a family of five: my father, my mother, and my two younger brothers, Omari and Eddy.
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Friendship and Poverty, by Blandine Mulenga

Post Published April 4, 2025 by Laura Moran

I was sitting at home with my mother one Friday morning when my phone rang. “Blandine, can you come over? I want to talk to you,” said the voice on the other end of the line.
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Interview with Akili

Post Published April 4, 2025 by Laura Moran

Thank you for sharing this powerful story with us. Could you tell us about what inspired you to write it? When I came to this program, it was not how I am now.
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Walking Away, by Akili Nestor Olengo

Post Published April 4, 2025 by Laura Moran

My siblings and I were sitting in our home discussing how you can talk to your parents to make them trust you more. My sister Maria said, “Our parents think that we wouldn't have the strength to wal...
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The Life Will Change

Post Published May 10, 2024 by Laura Moran

When I Feel Lonely

Post Published May 10, 2024 by Laura Moran