Before I begin, I'd like you to think of something that you care about. It might be your messages, your conversations, your photos, or even your identity. Now, imagine losing access to it in seconds.And that's exactly what happened to me. One afternoon, as I was logging into one of my learning platforms, I saw a message. The message said that there was a problem with my account and my login details needed to be updated immediately.The message looked completely real. The logo, the colors, and even the fonts ...

I remember the exact moment I got my first period. I was 11 years old. It was a Tuesday night 2 days before Diwali.My mom and my dad were preparing for Lakmi Puja, a religious ceremony. While my sister and I were getting ready, that's when I felt something wet between my legs. My stomach was cramping.My knees were hurting. And I had no idea what was happening to my body. I panicked.That's when I went over to my mom and told her how I was feeling. She took me quietly to the bathroom. She had explained period ...

This is me and Zawadi at 6 years old. This is us at 8. This is us at 10. And this is us at 14.Now, you may be wondering, who is Zawadi. Zawadi is my best friend and she's Kenyan. Zawadi means gift in Swahili and this is really meaningful to me because she is a gift in my life and has always made me feel like I belong.My name is Wona Chiloa Lad and I am a Malawian living in Kenya. From sharing schools, church, and loads of sleepovers, we have so much fun together and have grown through different seasons like ...

When I first heard this year's theme, born for the future, it sounded big. I wondered, are we expected to be some sort of superheroes like Superman or Batman flying around saving the world. Superheroes are portrayed as invincible, that they can do anything, right.Well, I have yet to convince you that you can too. You can achieve anything you want. You don't believe me yet.That's all right. After all, you may be wondering what advice a seven-year-old like me give about life. But just because I haven't lived ...

My oh my. We know it's all about the three letters that follow each other on the keyboard. J K L.And tonight it's going to be smoking. Funny how life works. We grow up with dreams so vivid that we imagine ourselves every single day speaking it, living it, becoming it.Even when life quietly separates us from who we are and who we once imagined ourselves to be. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Daisy Itago. I've always known myself as an artistic soul, a poet, a writer, a singer, a public speaker.And growing u ...

Imaginen una noche. Hace miles de años, en el centro de una cueva, un grupo de personas observa el primer resplandor del fuego. Los ojos humanos contemplan una luz peligrosa y fascinante que no comprenden del todo.Esa luz fue la cuna de la civilización porque de su fuerza nació el vapor, la industria y el progreso. Volvamos al presente. Hoy otra luz parpadea en nuestras manos.No arde con leña, sino con datos. Y al igual que aquel fuego ancestral tiene la capacidad de transformar civilizaciones enteras. Esa ...

Qué gusto, qué gusto. de estar aquí con ustedes con un tema bastante complicado. El duelo es una asignatura que la vida nos pone en el camino para la cual nadie nos ha acompañado, no nos ha enseñado cómo hacer las cosas a pesar de que las pérdidas son una constante en la vida humana.nos preparan para el éxito, nos preparan para amar, nos preparan para relacionarnos, nos preparan para muchas cosas menos para esto. Esa es una lucha que tenemos hace tiempo por llevar lo que nosotros llamamos la cultura del due ...

Hi everybody. What am I doing here. Why is this happening to me. Is this really what I want to do.Now, these are definitely not questions I'm asking myself right now. In fact, I'm delighted to be here with all of you. But these are questions that I've asked myself several times in my life.Love to see a show of hands. How many of you have asked such questions to yourself. Wonderful.For those who have asked yourself this question, you're well on the journey of reinvention. You know whenever tough things happe ...

7 years ago, I was in one of the most miserable states of my life. I sat down in front of my father and I told him while I was crying, And I meant every word of it for the simple reason that I had spent years of my life preparing for an exam and I had given pre failed it twice then I failed in pains. Then in my fourth attempt I went and you know cleared the exam got a rank and after that I was not allocated to service.Once that happened, I didn't know what to do. And I blamed my father for it. And when I sa ...

Hacemos las cosas. por alivio o las hacemos por placer. Y responder a esta pregunta, creo yo, diría mucho acerca de nuestra salud mental.Recuerdo cuando tenía 10 años eh tenía un programa de televisión favoritos que eran unos videos graciosos. Este lo pasaban de lunes a viernes en un bloque de media hora. Y ahora que reflexión al respecto, pues me doy cuenta que ese espacio de una hora de espera al siguiente capítulo me educaba para ser tolerante y paciente, puesto tenía que invertir mi tiempo en otras acti ...