Testimony – September 2009

LEAVE EVERYTHING AND GO TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN
By Laura S.

Leave everything and go towards the unknown in order to discover a new culture in a new universe. That’s what Laura decided on a February morning when she packed her belongings to experience a new life style in Foundiougne, a town in the west of Senegal situated [...]

Testimony – December 2008

Making a wrong start
Par Florence Vogler
My name is Florence. I will be 19 next summer and since December 6 2007, I am in rehab. I am in rehab for 2 reasons: Heroine and cocaine. I took daily shots of both drugs for over 2 years, besides; I was also depending on medication such as [...]

Testimony – October 2008

I Would Like To Be A Doctor
by Brian Morales

My name is Brian, I’m 18 years old, I want to tell my story to everyone who would like to read it. I was born in Mexico, I had really lovely parents who I’m always going to love and a brother, they have taught me the way [...]

Testimony – September 2008

Who Likes Maths!
by Araya Crosskill

I never liked high school.
For one, it turned me against Sundays – an otherwise likeable day that even inspired singer, Lionel Richie, to sing, “I’m easy like Sunday morning.”
I can only assume Richie never went to school as a kid, because Fridays were easy, Saturdays too, but nothing was easy [...]

Testimony – June 2008

L’éducation en temps de guerre
By Aline Abou Atmé
To be born during a civil war in a country that had no real peace time during its modern history is not a very easy life experience, nor going to school and concentrate on studying.
During my primary school years, I had to change school four times, as [...]

Testimony – May 2008

Making a wrong start
Par Florence Vogler
My name is Florence. I will be 19 next summer and since December 6 2007, I am in rehab. I am in rehab for 2 reasons: Heroine and cocaine. I took daily shots of both drugs for over 2 years, besides; I was also depending on medication such as Dormicum [...]

Testimony – April 2008

An amazing experience
By Vanessa Pombo
When I was a kid I dreamed about how life would be in the future, I allways spent my time thinking about it, how life would be when I grew up? Now at my shortly 19 years old, I discover that life can be anything that you want, you just [...]

Testimony – March 2008

Finally There Will Be A Better Future
By German Silveira Accuosto
I was born in 1972 in Montevideo. A year later, I started kicking a ball when a military dictatorship came to power in my country, similar to many other countries in South America. One could say that I spent the first 12 years [...]

Testimony – February 2008

A Key To Self Awareness
by Jean-Baptiste Rebière

After a little while school will bore me…
After a little while I won’t know what I will do with my life…
After a little while I will ask myself questions…
After a little while I will feel separated from everything…
These phrases resonated in my mind for years. In school, I always [...]

Testimony – November 2007

Somehow Everything Will Work Out
by Sabine Radde

I was born in 1986 in Switzerland where I grew up with my sister and my parents. We actually still have a house in a nice area in the countryside. I was 6-years-old when I started primary school. My parents and especially my father made sure that I was [...]