Natasha (Tears of an Innocent Child)

Natasha is a Form One student in St. Bede’s Secondary School. With a father who is a successful business man and a mother who is a secondary school teacher, Natasha has all it takes to have a bright future. But calamity soon strikes transforming her beautiful dreams into frightening nightmares. First, it is her father who dies and her mother follows a few weeks later. Unfortunately the storm is far from over and the worst is still to come. Natasha is forced to leave St. Bede's college and register in Government Secondary School Njom which is in her village. The illness (HIV/Aids) which supposedly kills her parents becomes a public secret and the villagers as well as her uncles jump to the outrageous conclusion that she must have the disease as well. She is rejected by the community and suspended from school due to pressure from parents who fear she might accidentally infect their children. No one succeeds in life alone and faced with rejection from every angle of her community, will it be right to conclude that her fate is sealed?