Stories
Every woman & every girl inspires us.
We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it.
As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome.
Let's celebrate their triumphs!
The Power of Your Voice
The narrative of a woman’s value being in her vagina, ability to do homely chores and care to the family […]
Who am I? – Overcoming Low Self Esteem and Self Pity
My story is a long one, but I hope you can read to the end and be inspired as you […]
Empowering Girls and Women to Achieve their Potential
It was a startling discovery five years ago that prompted me as a then 21-year-old girl in Uganda to found […]
MY WORTH
My name is Nancy but I go by many names depending on who is addressing me. Some, actually one person, […]
I am not one of them
Going through school was quite hard, I can’t say I suffered for sure because my mother tried to avail the […]
MY JOURNEY FROM THE PARTY HOUSE TO THE PULPIT
I was always that party girl, not just attending them, but throwing them too. Honestly my insecurities had caught up […]
TO LOVE OTHERS, I LEARNT TO LOVE SELF FIRST
My name is Rachael Mpiriirwe. I am married and a mother of twins and because of this, in Uganda I […]
Running for Post Traumatic Growth
My name is Bunny, like a rabbit, but I am more commonly known as “Ally’s Mom.” Being Ally’s Mom is […]
I Am Free
I struggled for years in my marriage. There was no physical abuse. There were no fights, no yelling or screaming. […]
Turbo
In my third season as a coach with Girls on the Run (GOTR), I met McKenna. She marched to the […]
