Konie’s Bright Future

Konie is twelve years of age. She is a pupil of the FAWE primary school in Freetown, Sierra Leone and she is in class four. Her favorite subject is math. She likes to dance and read stories in her free time. Konie wants to be medical doctor when she grows up.

Konie lives with her mother, Kadiatu, who sells pap (porridge) and is the main provider of
the home with a monthly income of $30. This is not enough to cover the basic family needs.
Konie’s father passed away some time ago. Konie has four sisters, three brothers, and seven other dependent relatives living with her mother in a two bedroom apartment with no running water and no electricity.

Konie does light errands for people in her neighborhood to help raise money for her lunch and also to survive when food is not available at home.

Konie wants to learn to use a computer because it will help with her future career and computer skills will give her the means to start a job if her mother is unable to pay her fees when she goes to secondary school.

Thank you, Ted and Pam, Ray and Lael, Rao, Rajeev, and Pradeep!