Rice in the Rainy Season

Hawa and her family lives on Edmond Street in the Wellington community of Sierra Leone in a single bedroom apartment with no running water or electricity. A single parent, Hawa is a seamstress and a volunteer in a tailoring school and the main provider for their home with a monthly income of $30, which is not enough to cover their basic needs. She has two children and three dependent relatives living with her.

Her daughter Mabia attends the Caleb Junior secondary school and she is in form three. Mabia wants to be a lawyer when she finishes school. Kachaquee, Hawa’s son, attends Caleb primary school and is in class four. He wants to be a banker when he grows up.

Hawa’s family extends their thanks for the bag of rice; the rice will halp ensure they have food to eat in this rainy season.