Hassan Tuyisenge

I am 11 years old.  There are five children in my family, and I am the third.  But, it was hard for me to live with my family because they used to beat me.  I could not go to school because my family could not pay my school fees.  I came to live at FIDESCO at the end of November 2011.  I am so thankful for this because I did not want to keep living on the streets.

I loved to dance.  It makes me feel like I am growing stronger and adding more energy to my body.

I am afraid of two things in the world: dogs and the devil.

If I had $30 USD, I would buy things to help me in my dance training.

If I could change something in the world, I would change my history so that people don’t talk about me as a child who doesn’t go to school.  I want to study, and one day, I want to go back home

As I get older, I want to continue with dance and maybe become an artist.