The Nyailay family lives in a two bedroom apartment with no running water or electricity. The father is a civil servant that has been transferred to another town very far away from where the rest of the family lives. The mother Amie is a nurse in training and the main provider of the home with a monthly income of $35, which is not enough to cover the family’s basic needs. The provision of rice to her family at this point in time is a great relief for her.

August, the eldest child, attends the Sierra Leone Mission Primary school and she is in form one; she wants to be a banker when she grows up. Keima is the second child and she is attending the Ashbury United Methodist Church primary school and she is in class five. She wants to be a nurse when she grows up. Abdul is the third child and he is a pupil of the Ashbury UMC primary school and he is in class three. The children have to use a kerosene lamp to study at night but they understand that education is important. Amie also has another child and two dependent relatives living with her so the rice for the family will help ease the worry of whether they will have enough to eat.

The Nyailay family expresses their thanks for the provision of a bag of native rice.

Fatmata is ten years old and has two sisters and one brother.  Her mother is a cook but earns little income. The family survives on her father’s monthly income of $60, which he earns as a baker.  Fatmata and her family live in a 2-bedroom apartment that has no running water.

Your kind gift of a treated bed net means safer nights for Fatmata, as she sleeps protected from Malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Fatmata is truly grateful for your generosity, Jami, and thanks you for helping to safeguard her plans to be a doctor.

Kadiatu is seventeen years old. She lives with her parents and three sisters in a 2-bedroom house with no running water. Her father is a mason, but his monthly income of $70 is not enough to cover the basic needs of the family.

Kadiatu regularly fell ill due to the poor sanitary conditions in which she lived, so she is extremely grateful for the treated bed net you donated. It has helped to renew her hopes that she can be healthy and, one day, become a nurse.  Thank you, SwipeGood, for helping to restore Kadiatu’s health and hope!

Adama attends the Salmed Islamic primary school and she is in class four. She is thankful to receive a mosquito net to protect her from malaria mosquitoes. Her mother is a petty trader that sells food crops. Adama wants to be a lawyer when she grows up. She likes to read, and English is her favorite subject.

Thank you Melissa for providing a mosquito net for Adama, and helping her be closer to achieving her dreams!

Bintu is ten years old.  She lives with her parents, five sisters, and two brothers in a two bedroom apartment with no running water, but with electricity. Bintu’s mother is a housewife, and her father is a farmer and the main provider of the home. With a monthly income of $50, he does not make enough money to cover the basic family needs.

Bintu attends the FAWE primary school and she is in class five.  English Language is her best subject and reading is her hobby. Bintu wants to be a lawyer when she grows up. Being computer literate will equip her for success in her future discipline.

Letter, Fiona, Gregory, Iliyana, Simone and Steve, thank you for helping to provide this essential computer training.   With it, she is even closer to achieving her dream of becoming a lawyer.  Bintu greatly appreciates your support!

Isata wants to be a lawyer, and this ten year old is getting lots of practice making sure her arguments are heard.  She lives in a 3-bedroom apartment with 20 other family members including her parents, five sisters, five brothers and eight other relatives.  Isata’s mother is a seamstress and her father is a carpenter.  Jointly, they earn the household’s only income of $120 each month, which is far short of what an extended family of 21 people needs to survive.

Isata’s favorite subjects are Mathematics and Composition and she also enjoys reading and dancing.  Isata believes she will be a better lawyer if she is technologically informed, and your kind donation of one full year of computer training provides her with an opportunity she never imaged she would have.  Isata thanks you, Olivia, and so do we!

Santigie is eighteen years old. He lives with his aunt who is a petty trader that sells sugar.  His aunt is the main provider of the home with monthly income of $60, which is not enough to cover the basic needs of a family of six.

Santigie has completed the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and is awaiting his results. He wants to be a banker when he completes his studies at the university, but living without protection from disease is dangerous.  The bed net will decrease Santigie’s fear and help him focus on his future.

Thanks, Mary, for the gift of a bed mosquito net; Santigie said life without the bed net was dangerous, but now, life is desirable.

Gbassay is only three years old, but has already had Malaria more than once.  Each time, her parents and siblings have gone without the basic necessities to pay for Gbassay’s treatment.  The family lives in a one bedroom apartment without electricity or running water in Sierra Leone, and these conditions make it more difficult to keep them safe from Malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

Gbassay’s parents understand, both emotionally and financially, that prevention is the best medicine.  So they are extremely grateful for your generous donation of a treated bed net.  Gbassay and her parents can now sleep more soundly and safely because of you, Lucas.