Archived Digital Stories

Each month, Kisa features a new digital story created by a Kisa Scholar. For this month's story, please visit our Featured Digital Story page!

Amina is a Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School . In this story, Amina tells how her mother inspired her to work hard and be a role model for other girls. Margaret hopes to become an accountant to encourage other girls to be leaders in their societies.

Margaret is a Kisa Scholar at Orkeeswa Secondary School who was recently chosen to participate in the U.S. Embassy's Youth Leadership Exchange Program. In this story, Margaret shares how her mother was diagnosed with HIV when she was pregnant with Margaret. Five years later, her mother passed away, and Margaret found strength and support from her siblings and uncles. Margaret hopes to become a lawyer to empower and educate girls in her society about women's rights.

Neema is a Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School. In this story, Neema describes how she has bounced back after being diagnosed with a medical condition that caused her to faint often and have chronic migraines. Through Kisa, Neema hopes to gain more knowledge, educate herself, and help girls gain access to education.

Oliver is a Kisa Scholar at Moringe Sokoine Secondary School. Oliver explains how her mother gave her the strength and support to study hard in school and fulfill her dream of becoming a great journalist and strong leader one day. " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Dorcas is a Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School. In this story, she explains how her friends and family empowered and motivated her to work hard at school in order to one day become an engineer. " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Monica is a Kisa Scholar at Moringe Sokoine Secondary School. In this story, she explains how hard work and determination enabled her to attend secondary school in order to one day make a difference her community.

Spora is a Kisa Scholar at Moringe Sokoine Secondary School. In this story, she describes her pursuit of education in order to one day become a teacher.

Subira is a Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School. In this story, she describes her admiration for her mother, who takes care of 10 orphaned children.

Jackline is a Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School. She dreams of one day becoming an accountant. In this story, she describes the suffering her family endured when her father was unfairly jailed.

Lulu is a Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School. She is sponsored by the Colorado Academy AfricAid Club, and she dreams of becoming an accountant. In this story, she describes the challenges of the Tanzanian national examination system.

Anita is a Kisa first-year Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School. She hopes to be a social worker when she graduates from school. In her digital story, she describes the challenges and joys of being raised by her aunt after her mother passed away.

Chausiku is a Kisa first-year Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School, and has struggled with many family challenges in her life. In her digital story, she shares how she has tried to make the most of the opportunities she has been given.

Neema is a Kisa first-year Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School, and has faced many challenges in her life. She has struggled every step of the way to make her education possible.

Betina is a Kisa first-year Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School, and has faced many challenges in her life. She has struggled every step of the way to make her education possible.

Elizabeth is a Kisa first-year Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School, and hopes to change the status quo for women in her country!

Grace is a Kisa first-year Kisa Scholar at Arusha Secondary School, and has a big vision for supporting orphans and street children in her country!

Joan is a Kisa mentor. She says that telling this story “made me feel good because I know I will share it with many different people, and it will help others learn from me.”

Dhulfa is a Kisa mentor. She says that she is “a woman who believes in the struggles of life,” and that she chose to tell this story because “it was something I wished to share for a long time in my life.”

Latifa is a Kisa mentor. She wanted to tell this story because she wanted to share “the different challenges I got during my studies, especially with money. I’ve learned that you can share your life background with different people and they can know exactly what makes you successful.”

Hellen is a Kisa mentor. She is “a young Tanzanian lady with ambitions to become a mentor leader and help other women to realize and reach their goals. Through my story people will get courage to learn from their mistakes.”