Wilson Joseph Merianagna
	History of my Life

I am a youth of fifteen years old. My home is in Rombo. I was staying with my mother who was married with another man. So I stayed with my stepfather with mother for five years. One day father and mother they went to the shamba (small holding). After arrived in the shamba they fought. After that fighting step father told mother that I'm going to kill you. But mother she didn't take in mind. When they arrived at home from the shamba mother peeled bananas then she put on the cooking stove in the kitchen. Then mother said let me go to the shop to buy salt, cooking oil, kerosene, sugar, tea, she stared to turn back. We were at home, we saw step father taking knife very angrily, then he said I want dead body inside of this house and this dead body is of your mother. To hear that we decided to tell her about that. We met her in the way, we told her that mother please run away, father is going to kill you because he has a knife. But she didn't take in mind then step father caught my mother and stab the knife on her chest. Because our self we were young and weak we failed to catch him.

Therefore then he ran away after that action and the villagers caught him up to police station, when mother was continuing with treatment finally she died in 1985. Then the villagers decided that we should stay with our elder brother from 1985 up to 1987. One day my brother left us at home and he didn't turn back, then we stayed by ourselves for three days. We didn't have anything to eat, we ate mangoes only. Sister and young brother they left me with my youngest brother then after one day they came and took my youngest brother and leave me alone. Which caused me to run from place I was staying to my elder mother (aunt) where I stayed for long period and they took me to school.

Then one day teacher told us that every pupil must bring Tsh 100 as the school fees. After arrived at home I told my parents about the announcement. Then he told me that no teacher who can tell me about that so just stay here until I got that amount of money. I stayed at home. The kids of elder mother he was keeping pigeons. One day the pigeons were eaten by a hawk and they told me that I have stolen them, she beat me badly. I ran to our neighbours, but they didn't accept me since they were afraid of me and my elder mother. Then I ran to Moshi. When I arrived at Moshi I met with one kid his name is Moses Ephraim, he took me to CENTAPOA at Mama Renju's centre. Then after we came to Majengo to Kate's centre. Up to now I am staying here, everything is good, we are cared everything, studying, sleeping good place, treatment and everything.