My name is Dominique Savier Nshimiyimana and I am 18 years old. I am in my second year of secondary school (Senior Two).  I live in Nyamirambo, Kigali. My dad left my mom when I was a baby. I have never seen my father.  Sometimes I hear people saying that he lives in Uganda. My mom and I are homeless. I  I am the first born in my family.  The second born lives with my aunt, and the third lives with my mom in a very small house with only one room.

I went to the street when my mom remarried. I met FIDESCO staff on the street.  We had a conversation and then I decided to leave the street. A volunteer – an old woman – adopted me when her husband was in prison. When he left and prison and returned to the house, he sent back to the streets.

I have a dream that one day I should become a doctor or an electrician. The second thing that I am dreaming about is a house. I would like to build a house and put my family inside one day.