The Starting Again Place
A space for beginnings after something ended.
Space guidelines
Starting again can be slow. Do not rank anyone's progress.
My School Was Gone, but Class Started Again
Anonymous HumanVerified ✓Oct 16, 2026
Susin was twelve. He had already missed approximately two months of school because of surgery on his hand. Then flooding struck. His family's home was destroyed. His school was badly damaged. The place he had been waiting to return to was suddenly gone too. For a child, school…
Back in the Examination Room at 23
Anonymous HumanVerified ✓Oct 16, 2026
Fancy became pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown. Her education stopped. Later she married and became a mother of two. It would have been easy for school to become something belonging to her old life. But Fancy wanted another chance. She joined a programme offering…
I Came Home With $125
Anonymous HumanVerified ✓Oct 16, 2026
In 2024, Muchengeti Chikweza lost his job at a butchery in Rutenga. He was twenty-one. He returned home to Chikweza Village in Mwenezi with US$125 in savings. There were twelve people in his household. And he did not have another job waiting. Mwenezi is not an easy place to…