Jaminatu is Looking Sharp!

Jaminatu is a nine year old student of the Lamb of God primary school in Sierra Leone and she is in class two.

Her favorite subject at school is Religious Moral Education and in her free time she likes to play balance ball cook rice. Jaminatu wants to be a banker when she grows up.

She lives with her parents, four sisters, a brother and five aunties in a three bedroom apartment with electricity but no running water.  Jaminatu’s mother Zainab is a petty trader who sells vegetables and is a co-provider of the home with monthly income of $40. Her father Salieu is a also a petty trader who sells medical drugs and is the main provider of the home with a monthly income of $70, together their income is still not enough to cover the basic needs of the home.

Jaminatu had only one uniform that was starting to wear out. She was so excited to have a new uniform and pair of shoes. She expresses her thanks to you, Karen,  because now she can go to school neatly dressed.