When l started my organization “Uganda Youth Skills Training Project” In Uganda (http://sites.google.com/site/ugyouthskillstraningproject/about-us), targeting the young people both in and out of schools to train them handy skills, it was like a dream in the beginning, that was 2007 but after some time, my vision kept on including both schools and LCS trying enroll young [...]
Every Thursday I teach a class of preschoolers gymnastics. I love those kids. One girl is especially sweet, and she tries really hard. However, this same child is a little bit klutzier than the other kids. One day, I took the class to the balance beam. It was this little girl’s turn and she stepped [...]
A magical moment is something really significant that happened to you, this can be anything that made your life change or at least the way you used to see life. It depends a lot on the person’s perspective, because what for you may be something awesome and significant, others may see it as something normal [...]
I initiated a project with zero guaranties of success and was a groundbreaking one in the United Arab Emirates. When against all odds the government of Dubai gave several children from the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh visas so they can stay in Dubai, get educated and find their place in the world. That was a [...]
He who leaves truth behind, returns to it! My Magical moments came after realizing how difficult it is for children in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya to overcome everyday life. I used to be a volunteer teacher and coordinator in one small school in Kibera slum, when my life changed to a more social orientated [...]
It was a beautiful afternoon and my friend and I were staying for afternoon activities at my school. All of a sudden, my friend tells me that she forgot the small bag of hers that had her grasshopper shoes and other precious items. She told me that she had left it on the bench but unfortunately [...]
Is it not ironic how we tend to settle for the low outcomes of our efficiency? For instance in Physics we know that energy output is never 100%, but why apply such fixed laws of day to day lives that are altered by every second. Well I believe once you cease to believe that you [...]
I was training. I knew that I should have a break but I kept on running. I succeeded in beating my previous record. Every day I put my cross-bar higher. Later I found an even higher goal to cross. This is a never-ending competition. These are my Magical Moments. Roman, 15, Poland
I live in a village in Kenya known as Kiambiu slums. I have something small to share with the world that would be inspiring and touching to many people. My dad was burnt in the house way back in the year 1996. My other siblings and I had not joined school yet and my mother [...]
My Magical Moment was the first time that I rode a bike. I remember being on the street with my dad and my bike, we were taking off the training wheels; I was probably about five years old. I didn’t want to, but it was a milestone that every young boy must pass one day. [...]