16/07/2025
💭 Title:“He Was Told to ‘Man Up’ — But Inside, He Was Breaking."
He laughed with his friends. He kept quiet in class. He never caused trouble.
But behind that silence was a storm.
A 15-year-old boy whose name is Brian.
He had big dreams—of being a pilot, a leader, a role model. But every time he tried to speak up, someone shut him down.
"Stop crying, be a man."
"You’ll never make it."
"Why are you so soft"?
And so, Brian stopped speaking.
He buried his pain, wore a mask, and slowly faded into the background.
Until one day… a mentor from Sauti ya Kijana visited his school.
They didn’t come with lectures.
They came with listening ears.
And for the first time, Brian talked.
He talked about fear. About pressure. About being bullied. About not knowing where to run.
That moment didn’t change the world.
But it changed his world.
🗣️ Boys like Brian walk among us every day.
They’re silenced by culture.
Ignored by systems.
Judged before they’re heard.
But Sauti ya Kijana believes:
Every Boy Deserves to Be Heard.
💬 Let’s be the voice that listens.
💪 Let’s be the light in a dark corner.
📢 Let’s raise awareness, not just numbers.
Sauti ya Kijana.jana.
