A Future for a Young Chef

Isatu is ten years old and attends the fifth grade at an elementary school in the Wellington
community, located in Sierra Leone. Isatu has two sisters and a brother.

Isatu’s father is a petty trader and the main provider of the home. He earns a monthly income of $50, which is not to cover the basic family needs. Her mother is also a petty trader and combines with her husband’s income to support the family. When money is especially scarce, Isatu must fetch wood from the bush about a mile from their home.

This family lives in a single bedroom home, with no running water and no electricity. At night, Isatu uses a locally made kerosene lamp to study, and sleeps on a savanna bed made of grass. In her free time, Isatu likes cooking, reading, and playing a local children’s game called balance ball. Isatu wants to be a caterer when she grows up.

Thank you, Patrick, for your kind gift! The mosquito net will keep Isatu safe from malaria!