A mosquito shield protects a future aviation manager

Mariama

Mariama lives in a single bedroom block house with no running water and poor toilet facilities.  She lives together with her father, mother and three siblings.  Every morning Mariama walks half a mile to fetch water for domestic use. Mariama helps take care of her younger siblings in the afternoons.  In the evenings, she goes to her mother’s market table to help pack the goods her mother to sell.

Although the house where Mariama and her family live is connected to the electricity grid, electricity supply is not dependable.  She therefore sometimes has to use a locally made kerosene lamp to study.   Her father and mother are petty traders and co-providers for the home with their monthly income of US$ 120, this is not enough to cover the family needs. Mariama wants to be an aviation manager when she grows up.

Mariama relaxing under her new net

Mariama sends her gratitude for the provision of the mosquito net that you can see her holding and lying under in the photos.  Daryl, thanks for providing a mosquito-shield for this future aviation manager!