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The story I found really powerful was a vulnerable girl who was raped because he couldn't afford to pay her school fee. It made me feel so weak
@Lamzomed ,rape is a cancer that is still unfortunately affecting women and girls around the world.Thanks for sharing your story with us.
I read a story sometime ago on Twitter about a lady who was body-shamed because she was plus sized. The thread talked about how she went into depression, cried countless times and how she eventually got a win when she got started using a drug for weight loss.
I was really sad reading the story. Although it was a marketing strategy for the product used. I’d have to say that it was a really good one
I think I’ve come across this story or something similar. It made me rethink a lot about my decisions towards climate changes and how I could take positive steps to helping the planet be better
@Dharmy_jhay ,beauty comes in all shapes,colors and sizes but unfortunately,mainstream media platforms always have an opinion on whats considered beautiful.I encourage every one to learn how to accept themselves,flaws and all.Thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.
@Dharmy_jhay ,helping the planet to get better through adapting an eco friendly lifestyle is brilliant.Thanks for sharing your point of view with us.
A story I found really powerful was the testimony of a young somali refugee women who became the first muslim football referee in the UK. She gave her testimony during a webinar, explaining how she overcame prejudice, how she never gave up, even going against her family advice... It was really inspiring, she became a true role model for a lot of young girls.
Thanks for sharing this, I can see how a testomny like this can bring focus on a subject and can create empathy amongst the public to advocate for this cause.
@anna2813 ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.The story you're sharing with us is a reminder that we must not be defined by the hardships that life throws at us.
A story I found really powerful was the story of young girls who fail to attend school during menstruation's period because they can not afford to purchase pads It made me feel sad because of the hard time that these girls are going through "
The story i found powerful was that of the felt mouse, how it was made out of love and something that seemed so mundane could have such significant effect. It made me feel connected as if i was part of the story.
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
@mhengaedson ,period poverty is a serious issue that is faced by millions of women and girls in the developing world.Something surely needs to be done.Thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
@Simatona ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
A story I found really powerful was a woman who went through the traumatic challenges of living with sickle cell all her life for over five decades, having experience over one hundred hospital admissions, fifty blood transfusion and five surgeries. Now creating a new healthy world for sickle cell warriors in Nigeria. It made me feel more empathetic, resilient and triggered my passion of making the world a beautiful and better place.
A story I found really powerful was a woman who went through the traumatic challenges of living with sickle cell all her life for over five decades, having experience over one hundred hospital admissions, fifty blood transfusion and five surgeries. Now creating a new healthy world for sickle cell warriors in Nigeria. It made me feel more empathetic, resilient and triggered my passion of making the world a beautiful and better place.
Often times, life tells me a lot of stories, in fact, it shows me some strings of such memories. The most profound of it is "Help, don't Hurt". It made me feel and still it does, that I don't have to allow others go through the vicious circle of deprivations and limitations that I went through before emerging, and that not liberating them is hurting them.
A story that i found really powerful was the is a restaurant in my neighborhood that employs people with deaf disabilities. and it made me feel more grateful for life and helping people with disabilities get jobs and treatment as usual.
A story I found the most powerful so far is a piece I wrote two years ago about my internship journey at an NGO in Kenya. That was my very first public piece. I was rejuvenated by the fact that people loved the story and henceforth believed that I am a great storyteller.
A story I found the most powerful so far is a piece I wrote two years ago about my internship journey at an NGO in Kenya. That was my very first public piece. I was rejuvenated by the fact that people loved the story and henceforth believed that I am a great storyteller.
@afolabirahmot09 ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.
@Digitlancer43 ,thanks for your answer.
@sachieng17 ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
@Aryasuta ,thanks for sharing your story with us.
A story i found really powerful was mario the mouse. It made me feel sad reading the back story of the mother and the man, and how much she treasured the handmade doll, eventhough it's not perfect, but anything that is handmade and thoughtfully made, is valued differently, so it's a very wholesome story.
The story that marked me is: IT by Stephen King
A story of collective actions undertaken by protagonists who are absolutely losers. In this story, they would all have died if they hadn't decided to get together against their opponents. what Michela Murgia calls the synthesis of genius. That is, how to coordinate the multiplicity of the creativity of many people who have a vision, specialties, skills that, taken individually, are not geniuses but can work together brilliantly.
@keziaaprilliaa ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
@cedoucedric ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
A story I heard in music was the Robert Johnsons´s legend. He sold his soul to the devil and in return he would be the greatest blues guitar player.
@juancarloscortesmusic ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
I'm not able to see because I had an accident few years ago and can't work.
@yearly ,thanks for the nice try.
A story I found really powerful was the story of Jack Ma, how he struggled through a hard and ignorant economies to build a world class E-commerce business in china. It made me feel a wealth of possibilities around me.
@KitsiDesmondLiel ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
“A story I found really powerful was _the story of a young woman who lost her husband three years after marriage. It made me feel pity ."
A story that depicts a picture of a very emotional and self-motivating thing, there is a soccer athlete who does have a limited economy himself, with the shoes he wears when training still has to take it from the trash and fix it himself, their parents just work as a farmer and fisherman, but with his talent and high self-will he can prove that he can enter the national football team, this proves that success can come by anyone with hard work.
@Aiman001 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Power of Stories:
A story I found really powerful was a story about a coffee shop that employs people with disabilities as waiters. It made me feel perfection belongs only to God, with stories like that change many people's perceptions of the meaning of life, because limitations are not our reasons to stop exploring life, precisely with these limitations strengthen us in facing the world.
This story proves that disability can be a miracle
@abiolatemiloluwa ,losing her spouse three years into her marriage must have been really painful for her.I hope that she eventually found the strength to pick herself up and move forward.
@ranca_pangestu ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.
A story I found really powerful was about how Violet's husband was regularly getting hospitalised due to failure to monitor his bp. It made me feel sorry, and made me to by a bp machine to monitor my health."
@Biffo ,thanks for sharing your answer with us.
@Makar_Msipa ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.
A Story i found really powerful was of a lady who had 11 failed IVF procedures and this propelled her to have an NGO to bring joy to families of people who were struggling with the cost of IVF procedures. Unfortunately she passed two months before her 40th birthday which she had tagged sponsoring 40 FAMILIES with their IVF payments. Her NGO has set out to fulfill the dreams of the lady. I felt her pain ,her struggles ,her emotions while she was on the journey of conceiving for a child which she never experienced till she passed away. However her legacy lives on through the families she has made their dreams come true. Her story was what gave me the vision to begin my own NGO to help teenage girls with sexual health and end period poverty
I totally agree with you. Disability is not ability and God has made us perfect in his own image. Thank you for sharing
Disability is not inability
disability is not inability
A story I found really powerful was the story and life of Mother Theresa. It made me feel that everyone is responsible for everyone else."
@omobola_olaribigbe ,thanks for sharing this powerful and inspiring story with us.I am certain that other learners are going to be touched by it.
@Busohlah ,the story of Mother Theresa of Calcutta,India will always touch millions of hearts.Her legacy will always live on.
I once listened to a story from my friend, she was born in a small province in Vietnam, she told me her father said to her that "if your brothers go to school, then you can't go" because the family has a limited finance to support all the , lucky for her, both of her brothers didn't want to go to school, so she got her chance. She finished her study and now started her own NGO to support underprivileged girls go to school. I think her story is such a powerful example of personal storytelling, it will make you understand why she does what she does and want to support her right away.
@Kelly_Vo ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.
A story I found really powerful was of a molested child describing to me what happened to her. It made me feel pity, empathy, pain and anger to know what happened.
A story i found really powerful was this one of a girl who does'nt have the chance to go to school and leave in very bad condition of life. It mad me feel very sad. This story compel me to be really involved in actions against children exploitation
Seriously this situation of children is intolerable. Something must be done
@omobola_olaribigbe said in Module 1 Discussion: The Power of Stories:
A Story i found really powerful was of a lady who had 11 failed IVF procedures and this propelled her to have an NGO to bring joy to families of people who were struggling with the cost of IVF procedures. Unfortunately she passed two months before her 40th birthday which she had tagged sponsoring 40 FAMILIES with their IVF payments. Her NGO has set out to fulfill the dreams of the lady. I felt her pain ,her struggles ,her emotions while she was on the journey of conceiving for a child which she never experienced till she passed away. However her legacy lives on through the families she has made their dreams come true. Her story was what gave me the vision to begin my own NGO to help teenage girls with sexual health and end period poverty
@omobola_olaribigbe THANKS YOU FOR SHARING THIS STORY
@JorgePereira ,defilement of underage children by morally corrupt adult men is a serious issue that needs to be fought relentlessly.Thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
@Pascal79 ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.
A story I found really impactful was for an NGO that provides home repairs to senior low income homeowners. The work helped people stay in their homes, and also told the story of how aging in place also helps with generational wealth, so I was able to see how impact now can affect the future in positive ways.
it is always interesing to hear the "why". why someone is interesteding a topic. How their own life experiences lead to their work
@AndreaFranchini ,I am in total agreement with you.
@AndreaFranchini ,the story you're sharing with us is so impactful and powerful at the same time.Thanks for sharing it with us.
A story I found powerful was about Children in a particular community who found it difficult to feed, drink clean water and also go to school. It made me sign up as a volunteer for numerous foundations and also support them financially.
I know how you felt.
A story I found to be very impactful to me is one whenever I listen to the song "One Moment in Time" by Dana Winner. In will usually play it at least three times, singing along as well, following the lyrics without fail.
Well, it is a sub-story to a story. My 15-year old son was selected to undergo a Youth Leadership Course at Oxford. But we had to find the money for the air ticket, accommodation and fees ourselves. For almost a month I and wife worked tirelessly contacting anybody we could think of. I virtually stopped everything else for a month in order to collect enough fund.
The song was used as background music by my son in his 5 minute-video. Upon learning about the video, the school at first commented that my son was a brave boy! However the video was shortlived as for reasons best known to themselves, we were subsequently told to take it down.
Luckily towards the very end, after a series of peaks and troughs, we managed to get the required amount - thanks partly to the school, caring members of the public, a government agency and the course organizers.
Now our family could do with money to help fund his Biology/ Biotechnology undergrduate program overseas. He was offered a place at a US university last year but alas, we could not find any sponsorship or scholarship. My son has been learning online and is performing well despite the Covid-19 challenge. His aspiration to be trained at a quality university of choice is still in him but I will have to refine his story further to find interested sponsors.
Thank you for sharing this story. I feel it would be a powerful tool for a campaign that promotes food sharing/donations by restaurants.
Thank you for sharing this story. I feel it would be a powerful tool for a campaign that promotes food sharing/donations by restaurants.
Meanwhile, the story that moves me immediately to buy the book is:
Maya Angelou’s Coming-of-Age Life Story
When she was about eight years old, Maya Angelou stopped speaking. She thought her voice had killed a man. For almost six years, she only talked to her older brother, Bailey.
They’d endured a tumultuous childhood in the Jim Crow South. Deep-seated racism exacerbated feelings of being rejected and abandoned by their parents. After getting divorced, they put the children on a train and sent them to live with their paternal grandmother, who they called Momma, in rural Arkansas. Angelou was just three years old.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”
– Maya Angelou
They eventually went to live with their mother and her live-in boyfriend, who sexually abused Maya. She testified against him. He was convicted and sentenced to a year and a day in prison but was released later that afternoon. Four days later, he was found beaten to death, likely at the hands of her uncles.
Angelou, who was then seven-and-a-half, worried her words had killed him.
She described her coming-of-age story in what became a critically acclaimed memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The book was published in 1969 when Angelou was 41. She knew the weight of an untold story. She also looked at her life and saw its worth.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was Angelou’s first book—and best-known work, which not only allowed her to reclaim her voice but also cemented her influential status as a poet, author, and activist. She went on to write six more memoirs, seven children’s books, seven plays, two cookbooks and a number of personal essays and poems
A story I found really powerful was how so many children in China is rearing themselves without the help of their parents because their parent shave to work in town for months. It made me feel sad and bad how children should carry the household when they should have played and had fun with other kids.
@Mimi_Jay ,I am glad that the plight of children in your community inspired your passion for volunteering and humanitarian work.Your heart of gold is a blessing to others.Please keep up the good work.
@ShukRahman_20 ,One Moment In Time is quite a beautiful song.Thank you for sharing your inspiring and powerful story with us all.I am certain that each learner will learn a thing or two from it.
@Sabancevaite ,Maya Angelou was and will always be a great inspiration to millions around the globe.Thank you for sharing this powerful story with us.
@amanda-chaca ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.
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In my work, we deliver mental health training to people. We measure our impact with quantitative and qualitative data, but the most meaningful way we do show our impact is with case studies.
We share the story of a person who took part in the training, then follow up with them a few months later. They share with us a story about a time they used what they learnt to support someone who was struggling, and the difference that it had.
This is always much more impactful than the (also very important) numbers and graphs that measure our impact
@hollycoulter ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.
I work with a local Habitat for Humanity affiliate. One of our board members actually used to be a Habitat Homeowner. She is a single mother of 2 and after her divorce Habitat was the only way she could afford home ownership. With the manageable Habitat payments she was able to build on her wealth and eventually moved homes. The house was then sold to another family at an affordable price and the woman became a member of our board of directors and is extremely involved in the organization today. This story is memorable because it shows Habitat's mission in such a succinct way: to allow homeowners to gain financial stability through affordable housing. She was able to stay in the community she loved and afford a home for her family. It is a very emotional story because there are so many of us that can identify with growing up in a single parent home and seeing how it puts constraints on things financially. It was able to show how Habitat played a positive role in her life and how the mission of Habitat described her. It made me remember why I decided to get into this work and continues to remind me of the positive impact Habitat plays in the community when things get tough.
@AndreaFranchini This is an awesome example! It really shows the scope of the service and how it helps the community as a whole! Very empowering to those doing the work.
@AB719 ,thank you for sharing this powerful story with us.
A story I found really powerful years ago was the origin story of Greenpeace. It made me feel like I had the power to act and like I was compelled to do something. I looked around me locally for similar organisations to see how I could get involved.
That is indeed a powerful story of a storyteller who has touched and changed so many lives the world over. Thank you for sharing it!
That's such an inspiring story!
@ZiKR ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.I am glad that Green Peace's story has inspired your passion for humanitarian work.
@ZiKR ,thanks for sharing your powerful story with us.I am glad that Green Peace's story has inspired your passion for humanitarian work.
A story I found really powerful was how my organization was created. In 1949 in Austria, a child worker, Herman Gmeiner realized the alarming number of orphaned children which resulted form the World War 2. With the generous support of donors and partners, he started the organization which caters to children who have lost parental care or are on the verge of losing parental care. He started to create homes headed by widowed women from the war to cater for these children and they started living as family units- orphaned siblings and widowed mothers. It made me feel like I was part of a sustainable course as this situation is still a reality in my generation.
Thank you for sharing your story , I hope this makes your job feel even more like a worthy course.
I experienced the impact of storytelling while living abroad and watching how telling children's real life stories helped NGOs get funding for their causes. Telling the world the reality of war orphans touches the most inner fiber of our humanity and wakes us up to the things that actually matter in this world. A powerful source of reality check to others and a great tool for helping children, not only financially but also giving them a voice to speak up. This is what we all should be doing from our place in society. Don't be afraid to tell a story.
I experienced the impact of storytelling while living abroad and watching how telling children's real life stories helped NGOs get funding for their causes. Telling the world the reality of war orphans touches the most inner fiber of our humanity and wakes us up to the things that actually matter in this world. A powerful source of reality check to others and a great tool for helping children, not only financially but also giving them a voice to speak up. This is what we all should be doing from our place in society. Don't be afraid to tell a story.
That is a beautiful story! Just reading it here makes me want to know more about the organisation.
Those stories do tend to make us want to do something: volunteer, become a member, donate... That's definitely the same sentiment that we want to create in people reading and watching our stories.
@IfyAbas ,this story is really powerful.Thanks for sharing I with us.The story of Herman Gmeiner is really inspirational.
@Guadalupe ,thanks for sharing this story with us.
Thanks. My organisation is called SOS Children's Villages International. You should read more about it.
very true!
This is good.
A story i found really powerful is the decision of an N.G.O to be actively involved in catering for the needs of less privileged girls in our community by empowering and providing them with basic things such as pads when on their period to make them more comfortable , confident and presentable among people and this has made me sober because the thought of having double pain (the menstrual pain and the pain of not having what to use), really saddened my heart. This encouraged me to pay more attention to little details such as girls with similar problems around me and also to render the little assistance I can and to see that the society is beginning to embrace the girl child.
@IfyAbas ,you're very welcome.SOS Children's Village is in Uganda too.I'll surely read further about this amazing organization.
@Adesewa_synty ,wow!!!Thanks for sharing this powerful story with us all.
A recent story that was impactful for me was a story about a former NYC burlesque dancer that was portrayed in a series by Humans of New York. Stephanie (formerly known as Tanqueray) was nearly homeless and still wore elaborate coats and done up beautifully even though she was from her former glory years. Brandon (from HONY) ran into her and she told him her story and it turned into a 30+ post social media story. She fell on hard times but people started donating to her and raised over a million dollars to help set her up for her life. Her story was fascinating and told so brilliantly. When I heard her story, I felt sad for her but I also felt like what other seemingly wonderful stories are hidden in plain sight with strangers we meeting every day? I donated some money to her and I rarely ever donate to online causes like that.