The Princess Project was born because a group of writers dreamt of telling a Story that would elicit response, promote dialogue, and encourage an active participation in finding solutions to issues that girls and young women face every day.

A girl can never become a woman, a true woman, until she first finds the girl. She must see herself as she really is, beautiful, intelligent, strong, independent… long before she tries to fit into the world’s measurements of who she is. And if she does that, see herself as she really is, then she will never need to fall into the cast the world measures for her. Instead, she will surpass all standards, be truly beautiful inside and out, find genuine intelligence both academic and emotional, find the deepest strength, that of honesty, integrity and maturity, and she will find real independence, by being everything she has to be to make her world a better place, to live, to love, and to be loved.

The Creekside Princess Webisodes are born from the above realisation. The Creekside Princess is a young woman named Gabriele. She will be our channel of exploration and discovery. Her story is the story of the journey through her own dysmorphic perspective, through the world’s/society’s standards, most of them not quite right, into her own comfort with her own personal identity.

Like it happens with all of us, her journey of discovery is catalysed by loss and pain. She is catapulted into the maze of life, where she must make choices with every turn, and learn lessons every day. As the story begins, Gabrielle explains:

I set out to find myself. I am yet to come full circle, but I have it on very reliable sources that the journey of a human being’s life does come full circle soon enough. I guess my goal is to learn as much as I can before I finally come to the beginning. The beginning was at Creekside, so that is where I will begin. To follow the Creekside Princess’ Story, please go to The Princess Project.

The choices she has to make, the people she will meet as she grows, the issues she will face, they are my issues, your issues, our issues. This story will be so much more than a piece to entertain. It might remind you of your own life. It might tell you the story of that girl who lives next door, the one you pass as you walk down the street, the huddled figure you hardly notice as you pass by that street. But more importantly, this story should remind you that you have a responsibility to be the best that you can be, and make the world you live in a better place than you found it.

The Creekside Princess is written by several writers, the majority of whom are female. We do have a few male minds here, men who care about their sisters, mothers and female friends. Together, we will bring you the Weekly webisodes that we have no doubt you will grow to love and enjoy.

You can also contribute to the webisodes! Just drop us a line at creeksideprincess@gmail.com and you just might meet the team and write your very own story!

Last, but not least, if you have an issue that you might like to share with The Princess Project, please feel free to write to us at theprincessprojectafrica@gmail.com.