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Meet Sheila, a young Kenyan writer motivated to share stories through the large Hivisasa platform which reaches over a million readers a week.
She commends the site for not only voicing the suppressed voices in society but attaching a monetary reward as well.
Sheila is certain that the tri-weekly payments Hivisasa makes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are something any young person in Kenya can bank on to meet the daily expenses.
Hivisasa presents young people, especially university students, the real opportunity to earn money through journalism. The sign-up process is easy and as long as you are good at what you do, the gates will always be open for you,” she says.
She is a success story that writers can use the platform as a full-time job and still enjoy the flexibility offered.
The university student runs an online shop when not attending the Literature lectures and says writing fuses her two main worlds at the moment.
To her, every goal can be attained in life - just a little resilience and persistence.