Food to Last the Winter Months

The Lebbie family lives on the Upper Mellon Street in an unfinished building (a single bedroom apartment) with no running water and no electricity in Sierra Leone.

Mariama is the mother, a petty trader who sells foo-foo, and is the sole provider of the home with a monthly income of $40. This is not enough to cover the needs of the family.

Her husband, Amara, was a mason, but fell ill and is now helping his wife to process the foo-foo. Their two children, Maseray and Marian, attend the Vicrays community primary school and are in classes three and one respectively. Maseray wants to be a nurse when she grows up, while Marian wants to be a lawyer when she grows up.

This family depends on their generous neighbors to have regular meals for the month. Amara was processing foo-foo and Mariama was fetching water when they were called upon and presented with a bag of native rice. They were so delighted to receive the provision, and they expressed their thanks. Three months of independence from their neighbor’s help have come their way. Mariama will continue to sell foo-foo but with assurance that there is rice for the family to live on.