Adama lives with her parents, two sisters and three brothers in a two bedroom apartment with electricity but no running water in Sierra Leone. Her father Alhaji is a mason and the main provider of their home with a monthly income of $60. Her mother Sento, who is a petty trader that sells leafy vegetables, works for a monthly income of $30 to help provide for their home.  Together their $90 a month is not enough to cover their family’s basic needs.

Adama attends the Police primary school and is in class five; her favorite subject is Mathematics and she wants to be a banker when she grows up.

Adama used to go to school very untidy because of the age and condition of the uniform she was using. She is very thankful to you Ron for her new uniform and a pair of shoes which allow her to attend school with confidence!

Valisatu is twelve years old. She is the first born of her mother’s four children.
Her mother, Isatu, is a petty trader that sells rice and is a single parent as well as the sole provider of the home. Isatu’s monthly income of $40, does not cover the basic needs of the home. Life had not been so bad with Isatu’s husband Sam helping support the family. However, Sam sadly died three months ago and Isatu is now the main provider for the family.

When Valisatu began her new school she did not have a uniform because her mother was unable to provide her one. Her friend came to her rescue by offering her a used uniform. Valisatu is a pupil of the Sierra Leone International Mission Secondary School.
Her favorite subject is Mathematics and she aspires to be a doctor when she grows.

Thank you so much Mike and Suzanne for the provision of a pair of uniforms and a pair of shoes. Valisatu now goes to school neatly dressed and feels a lot more confident about her future. Thank you both for your support!

Mariama is a mother of six children.  She is a petty trader who helps her husband support the home from the proceeds of her business. Her husband is a bike rider and the main provider of the home with a monthly income of $70, which not enough to cover the basic family needs. The family lives in a single bedroom apartment with running water and electricity.

Mariama extends her thanks to you, Maria, for the provision of a bed net. She and her children are now better protected from malaria and the money they would have to spend to cure malaria can now be spent on other important things. Thank you again Maria for your support!

Mohamed is ten years old and is attending the Salmed Islamic primary school in class six. Unfortunately, Mohamed’s father died six years ago and he therefore lives with his uncle’s family in a three bedroom apartment. His mother is a farmer and the main provider of the home with a monthly income of $60, which is not enough to cover the family’s basic needs. 

Mohamed wants to be a teacher when he grows up so he is thankful to you, Jon, for the mosquito net.  He is more confident now that he can get a good night’s rest which will allow him to focus on his studies. Thank you so much Jon for your support!

Mohamed, Cobna and Rebecca live at the Upper Mellon Street community in Sierra Leone. They are the recipients of the three treated bed nets.

Mohamed attends the Ahmadiyya Islamic primary school and is in class one. He wants to be a mason when he grows. Rebecca attends the Ahmadiyya Islamic primary school and she is in class three. She wants to be a doctor when she grows. Cobna is a fisherman. They all live in conditions that do not protect them from the diseases mosquitos carry, so they feel safe now that they have malaria protection kits.

Thank you Karen. Your gift will ensure that Mohamed, Cobna, and Rebecca will stay healthy and contribute to their community.

Mariama lives in a single bedroom apartment with running water and electricity. She attends the Family Foundation Junior Secondary School and she is form two.  Her father is a carpenter and the main provider of the home with monthly income of $60, which is not enough to cover the basic needs of the home. Her mother is a petty trader who sells fish at the market and uses the proceeds to help support the home.

Mariama wants to be a lawyer when she grows up and feels that the use of mosquito bed nets is helping to defeat malaria in Africa.

Mariama expresses her thanks to you, Whitney,  for her provision of a bed net.

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.

Ferreh’s family has just been transferred from the middle of the capital (Freetown) to Mellon Street in the Wellington community of Sierra Leone. Her mother has decided to find a new school for her in the neighborhood due to the transportation cost back to her old school. Ferreh wants to be a medical doctor when she grows up.

Ferreh’s mother is a housewife, and her father is a carpenter and the main provider of the home with a monthly income of $40. This is not enough to cover the basic family needs.  Ferreh has two sisters and two brothers and they live with their parents in a single bedroom apartment mud house with no running water and no electricity.

Ferreh and her mother extend their thanks for the provision of a pair of uniforms, a pair of shoes, and a pair of socks. It helps Ferreh feel more confident at her new school.

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.

Four year old Kadiatu lives in the Wellington community of Sierra Leone in a two bedroom apartment with running water and electricity. Her father is a laborer that has abandoned the home for two years now and her mother is a seamstress that uses money derived from her skill to help provide for the home.

Kadiatu’s grandfather is a bike rider and the main provider of their home with a monthly income of $70, which is not enough to cover their basic family needs. Kadiatu attends the Rehoboth Kindergarten school and she is nursery one.

Kadiatu extends her thanks to Lysa for the provision of bed net to help fight against the spread of malaria. She wants to be a nurse when she grows up and this bed net allows her the opportunity to grow up as a healthy young lady.