Witness the fantastic artworks created by young people supported by Life for a Child.
We invited children and young adults to create an artwork depicting their life with diabetes using paint, storytelling, poetry or video. We received some outstanding artwork, telling diverse and powerful stories of life with diabetes.
We hope you enjoy the artworks as much as we have.
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Visual entries, ages 5-10
Visual entries, ages 11-15
Visual entries, ages 16-25
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HER You came to me… Without warning, always silent. I did not know how to feel with your presence… Sad? Worried? The only thing I was sure of was that I was scared. At first,...
ContinueI am Amanda Laura Castelu, an only child, and I live in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia. I was 13 years old when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I have always played volleyball and just...
ContinueThe day it was discovered that Andrés had diabetes, it started as a common cold. Despite giving him antipyretics and antibiotics, the discomfort did not subside. Until we managed to do capillary blood glucose which...
ContinueThe story of my life My life has been very hard since I was diagnosed with diabetes because I became a child who had everything available around me. My mom put me in a nursery...
ContinueOvercoming This is a story that talks about a girl who was only 12 years old, close to turning 13 whose life suddenly changed with news that no one ever imagined. But with the help...
ContinueMy life with diabetes Type 1 diabetes in childhood: Its evolution and management in the family and at school. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 6. It was very hard for my...
ContinueMY LIFE WITH DIABETES It is my reality: patience and perseverance; understanding the past, moving through the present and deciphering the future; being resilient in the face of adversity and to understand; carrying a backpack...
Continue“Not only insulin saves the life of a person with T1D” Try to show that no matter what age you were at the time of diagnosis, the first few days you feel tiny, and your...
ContinuePeople with diabetes have the power to manage their blood sugar level in their hands, but people in third world countries cannot do it because of the poverty of their family.
Me with diabetes Hello, my name is Fabiana Karla Aguirre Castro. I was born on June 6, 2009. I have had diabetes since I was seven years old. When I would come back from school...
ContinueFootprints of destiny Life penetrates gently through the small holes of my existence caressing each strand of my being, pushed by the need to survive, accompanied by a stupid hope that lives captive of a...
ContinueWhat is diabetes? Situation where blood glucose levels are increased. The glucose that builds up in the blood is called glycemia. It is never too late to change your life. My story My name is...
ContinueAdapting to Diabetes Diagnosed at the age of ten with a big question, what is diabetes? For me it was just a strange word at that time, the doctor explained to me with a great...
ContinueLife with Diabetes Diabetes Proposal to improve the quality of life of people with diabetes depending on what Type, 1 or 2. My proposal is that people who have diabetes or have just been diagnosed...
ContinueGET WELL SOON “Get well soon” were the words they said to me that day. Although I knew that this disease would not end, on the contrary, it would become my life partner. But even...
ContinueMy soul mate – Diabetes – Hello, how are you, my great little life companion? Today I want to talk about you, about everything I feel and think about you, everything that you make me...
ContinueLife is completely normal, until one day out of nowhere you start feeling how heavy it is, either due to stress, school, family or many other problems that arise, that despite being young, you feel...
ContinueWHAT I FEEL Sometimes I have fought in my heart due to despair that afflicts my soul I have thought of stopping, I have thought of taking a step back, I do not want to...
ContinueOne day I got very sick, everyone looked at me intensely with sadness, no one knew what was wrong with me until I went to the hospital. I was hospitalized for a long time. I...
ContinueOnce upon a time, there was a girl named Dulce. Since she was little, this girl was thin and she grew up this way, until one night everything changed. Dulce had gone up to the...
ContinueTHE STORY OF A CHILD WITH DIABETES A long, long time ago there was a boy named Tayron, a boy who got diabetes because he had a person who pressured him to say something that...
ContinueAnd it goes like this… A new day for me, it is like a new beginning. It hurts, and it hurts a lot to know about you. How to start, a new progress. I wish...
ContinueMy story with diabetes began when I was 5 years old. I asked myself how many people say to our Lord, “why did it happen to me?” I started with many highs and lows, relapses...
ContinueMy name is Mileni Ariana Baptista Paredes, and I am 24 years old. I am Bolivian, I was born in the capital of Bolivia, Sucre, a somewhat small and conservative city, but highly respected, in...
ContinueOh life, that God has given me, at the age of 6 you have transformed me into a sweet warrior, who fights with care. I have fought many battles and with God’s help I have...
ContinueFebruary 5 It is a day without meaning where the memories are taken away by a cloudy dawn. Everything is forgotten except the bad memories, but my senses are speaking to me. I’m heading to...
ContinueA sweet life My name is Paola Yesica. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus on November 30, 2018. It has already been a year and three months since I started suffering from this...
ContinueThe day that changed my life My life changed 4 years ago, and today I can say that I have the strength to speak clearly and loudly about my life condition. Hi! I am Patricia,...
ContinueOnce upon a time, there was a girl, her name was Sarita, she had a normal life, and she was very obedient to her mother. She loved her whole family very much, and she tried...
ContinueRodrigo Rico de Ugarte was born on August 7, 2002. He weighed 6.5 pounds, and he measured 19 inches. With an Apgar of 9-10, he was born healthy. He attended pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, and he...
ContinueA SHORT STORY ABOUT MY LIFE My name is Rosned Viviana Serrano Pinto. I am 25 years old, and I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes Mellitus when I was 14 years old, and I...
ContinueMy life with diabetes. My life with diabetes began in a somewhat uncertain way. Many doubts emerged within me and the answers from the doctors were always the same, as if they were prepared, like...
ContinueMy Experience My experience with diabetes at the beginning was very unpleasant due to the fact that it was not common, and there was little probability of having medications to treat it. Not to mention...
ContinueDiabetes is something I never thought I would have. It was like falling into a black hole. Without being able to understand, it came into my life when I least expected it, I was only...
ContinueMY LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER I was born in Cochabamba. My mom was always a single mother, and we lived in a rented house with my aunts, my uncle, and my cousin Erika. She and...
ContinueMy Life History in Diabetes One early morning, I waked up feeling very feverish, weak, tired and so on. So my mom took me to a near by hospital at Aboabo. That is when the...
ContinueMy Life Story In Diabetes I was diagnosed as a diabetic on 6th May, 2014. Infact I wasn’t in shock because I already know the symptoms of it. I was waiting for the doctor to...
ContinueI was diagnosed as a diabetic on 15th June, 2007 at nearby hospital called “Dr. Osie Memorial Hospital” by a doctor called Dr. Abu in Kumasi. Infact, I was worried but not that much, because...
ContinueMy Diabetic Condition On 5th October, 2018, I was diagnosed as diabetic. On hearing this I wasn’t surprised because some of my family members have contracted the disease. For example my mother, paternal uncle and...
ContinueIt started when I was 11 years old. It started with malaria. On the 27th of February 2019, I was not feeling well which my body was increasing in size even when I have not...
ContinueMy life with my friends “Diabetes” I was 14 years old when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I started passing a lot of urine like there was an open tap flowing through me....
ContinueMy life with Diabetes Mellitus Growing up as a teenager, I have encountered so many situations on numerous occasions in life. Higher percentage of these situations has a positive impact on my life while lower...
ContinueHello, my name is Timah Lawrencia. I am sixteen years of age. I was born on 28th of April 2003. I have been living with diabetes for five years now and I have been taken...
ContinueThe Unexpected That Thought Me Well Acheampong Kwartemaa Martha is my name. I am a thirteen year old girl and I am in JHS one at Our Good Mother International School in Accra. I would...
ContinueMy Life With Diabetes Owusu Christian is my name. I was born on the 17th June 2000 in Mampong – Ashanti. I come from Wadie-Adwumakase in the Ashanti Region. My life with diabetes started around...
ContinueMy Life With Diabetes My name is Osaa Adu Priscilla. I was born on 13th September, 2008 at Mampong-Ashanti. I come from Wadie-Adwumakase. I was monitored by my parents because my elder brother and my...
Continue1. A healthy person can eat anything he likes. A healthy person can play every game. When he gets a cut or scratch, it is not very dangerous because he can heal easily. A diabetic...
ContinueThis happened in January 2017. I was a student in 8th class. Life was very easy. It was snowy weather and one night I had to go to the bathroom often. My parents noted that...
ContinueMy name is Abdul Samad. I am a diabetic patient. When I was 9 years old this disease began. I go to BCH for treatment. My life is different from healthy children. In the beginning...
ContinueDiabetes My Life With me lives a problem In my veins lives a problem Every moment that has been I have had this worry. Until life exists, insulin is in my life With me lives...
ContinueMy name is Amjid Ali. I am from a poor family. I am a diabetic. I am deaf and cannot speak. I was 2.5 years old when I developed diabetes. This has caused my life...
ContinueMy Story of Diabetes My name is Hira Noor. I am in eighth grade and I suffer from diabetes. My older sister Aymen was a diabetic first. Then about ten years later I also got...
ContinueMy life with Diabetes It is easy to buy in market We all want to drink and eat it My tongue wants to dance and sing it But sweet is nothing but a culprit Toffee...
ContinueWhen I was sixteen I used to go to school every day. When I slept at night I began to have lots of urine and my feet and legs became numb. When I went to...
ContinueI want to share with you some moments of my life. My name is Sumera and my father’s name is Ibrar Shah and my mother’s name is Fatima. I have one elder brother and one...
ContinueThis is my poem, my story. Listen to my story. It was too bad when I learned about this disease. All gifts are from God. If I complain whom do I complain to? This gift...
ContinueThe Effect of Diabetes on Me Because of diabetes I have damage to my eyes. Both eyes have cataracts. My bones are weak. Twice I have broken my arms. I had an infection in my...
ContinueMY LIFE WITH DIABETES At first it’s not easy to live with diabetes, but as life goes on, it becomes a habit. My life with diabetes isn’t so difficult because I’ve understood that it’s now...
ContinueLiving with a hereditary metabolic disease due to hormonal imbalance requires knowledge about it, its acceptance, but also knowing how to prevent its probable complications. In fact, before I was diagnosed with diabetes, I led...
ContinueMY TESTIMONY Hello everyone, I am a young diabetic, member of ADIC, from DRC, North Kivu Province, City of Goma and I am diabetic since 2012. For me living with diabetes is not easy at...
ContinueIt was one Monday evening which was February 4, in the year 2019; I encountered a fever that make me feel very weak, drink fast, my throat begins to get dry, and I urinate frequently....
ContinueI attend the Light International School System in Liberia, and I am currently in sixth grade. My ambition is to be a Medical doctor and lawyer to fight against the ills and destructive effects of...
ContinueMy diabetes life I am a 10th grade student of a secondary school in the 59th district of Rudaki of the Republic of Tajikistan. My name is Benazir Nurzoda. My diabetes life started at the...
ContinueLife and Ambition Life is full of difficulties and hardworking. Everybody in this world work hard to achieve their goals and targets. God has gifted us with talent and intellect. There are different objectives in...
ContinueMy Life With Diabetes I was 13 years old when I have cause a bad disease Diabetes and now I am 17 years old. At the start I was very worried about me that how...
ContinueDiabetes And My Life Life is precious to all of us. None of us want to lose it. And I have given my life great value. But the biggest challenge for me is my illness....
ContinueEncouraging The Diabetic Childs I am suffering from diabetes type 1. I really enjoy my life with my brothers and sister and my parents. When I got got this disease, my bother and sister tried...
ContinueMY LIFE WITH DIABETES In the amidst of a whole world I am a little soul who lives in a world of challenges. With a shrill of a cry a baby comes to the world...
ContinueMy life with diabetes… The word might be simple. It’s just a disease And it’s harmless you may say Or may be you may think as well. But in this world which is Based on...
ContinueMy Life With Diabetes… I wish to live like others, But it’s not possible because My life with diabetes. I wish to eat freely like others, But it’s not possible because My life with diabetes....
ContinueDiabetes Story… Living with diabetes can be a challenging burden but it can be helpful to share your frustrations and successes and read about people’s similar experiences. We have identified the best diabetes blogs that...
ContinueHuman Behavior It’s my pleasure to introduce myself. My name is Abdul Moiz Kandorawala. I am 20 years old. I’m a BBA student at SZABIST University and single for the time being. My life journey...
ContinueMe and My Diabetes Sugar has had negative effects on my life. This disease has swallowed up my many desires. Because of diabetes, society considers me a sick person that has no ability to do...
ContinueINSIDE ME Deep in his eyes, Lost was a man so wise. The wet nurse of violence, Gave fire to his silence. Tears of frustration rolled down his cheek, But the kind soul of his...
ContinueFighting the Sweetness This is the written script of all the traumas faced by an ordinary yet unique girl when she mentions all the peaks and troughs of her life. It all started when I...
ContinueMy teacher, my mentor – Diabete I was 10 years old when I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, being in class 4th my mind was juggling in finding HCF (Highest common factor) and LCM...
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